{"id":68283,"date":"2025-06-17T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68283"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:58:47","slug":"benue-killings-labour-party-demands-probe-military-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/17\/benue-killings-labour-party-demands-probe-military-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Benue Killings: Labour Party Demands Probe, Military Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party has condemned the recent mass killings in Benue State and urged the urgent deployment of security forces to vulnerable North Central communities.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, acting National Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman described the attacks as \u201ca fresh wave of senseless killings,\u201d calling for full investigation and prosecution of those responsible, regardless of status.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 people, including women, children, and security personnel, were reportedly killed, with widespread destruction of homes and farmlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese victims were not just statistics. They were innocent lives, children butchered, mothers buried in mass graves, fathers slain defending their homes,\u201d Usman said.<\/p>\n<p>She lamented the government&#8217;s failure to protect citizens, stating that the bloodshed in Benue is \u201cnot just a local tragedy, but a national shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party demanded immediate military intervention and a robust humanitarian response, including food, shelter, medical aid, and trauma care for survivors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the grieving families, I mourn with you as a mother. Your cry for justice will not go unheard,\u201d Usman said.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party vowed to continue advocating for policies that prioritize citizen safety, declaring: \u201cNigeria cannot continue like this. Enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere &nbsp; The Labour Party has condemned the recent mass killings in Benue State and urged the urgent deployment of security forces to vulnerable North Central communities. In a statement on Monday, acting National Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman described the attacks as \u201ca fresh wave of senseless killings,\u201d calling for full investigation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68285,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68283\/revisions\/68285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}