{"id":68523,"date":"2025-06-19T08:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68523"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:47:09","slug":"fr-alumuku-to-tinubu-who-is-doing-the-massacre-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/19\/fr-alumuku-to-tinubu-who-is-doing-the-massacre-in-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr Alumuku to Tinubu: Who Is Doing the Massacre in Benue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Killings lamentable, unacceptable<\/em>
\n\u2026No one is telling the truth about what is happening<\/em>
\n\u2026Destabilizing Nigeria\u2019s Food Basket is crippling the nation<\/em><\/p>\n

By Samson Adeyanju<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku, respected Catholic priest and elder statesman from Benue State, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently investigate and address the ongoing killings in Benue, warning that continued violence in Nigeria\u2019s agricultural heartland could lead to national collapse.<\/p>\n

In an emotional interview, Fr. Alumuku described the bloodshed in Benue as \u201clamentable and unacceptable,\u201d stressing that despite repeated attacks on villages and farming communities, no one in authority has offered clear explanations or actionable solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is doing the massacre in Benue?\u201d he asked pointedly. \u201cNo one is telling the truth about what is happening. The silence is dangerous. The government must stop treating these killings as normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fr Alumuku lamented that the attacks, mostly targeting agrarian communities, are crippling Nigeria\u2019s food security and damaging the country\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenue is the Food Basket of the Nation. If you destabilize it, you cripple the entire country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He further expressed concern over the fragmentation within communities, a growing lack of unity, and the absence of collective efforts to find solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are more united when we are abroad than when we are at home,\u201d he observed, urging Nigerians to show the same communal spirit they often display in diaspora.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the broader insecurity across the country, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s only God that is helping us. People are tired. No one wants to invest in security anymore. Everyone feels alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fr Alumuku called for attitudinal change, greater unity among citizens, and strategic engagement of the youth.<\/p>\n

He also encouraged the wealthy and influential members of the community to return home and support local development, describing their absence as a huge loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the time to call our people back, not just physically, but emotionally and socially.<\/p>\n

“We must rebuild trust, unity, and purpose. Nigeria cannot afford to ignore what is happening in Benue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fr Alumuku concluded with a heartfelt appeal to national and community leaders to act swiftly, warning that silence in the face of crisis is not just complicity, but betrayal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…Killings lamentable, unacceptable \u2026No one is telling the truth about what is happening \u2026Destabilizing Nigeria\u2019s Food Basket is crippling the nation By Samson Adeyanju Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku, respected Catholic priest and elder statesman from Benue State, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently investigate and address the ongoing killings in Benue, warning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68523","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\/68523","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=68523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68525,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68523\/revisions\/68525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}