An official of the Benue State Government has confirmed that at least 107 Yelwata victims were still receiving treatment at the Benue State Teaching Hospital in Makurdi.
The Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, James Iorpuu, said this during a news briefing in Makurdi on Tuesday.
Iorpuu, who doubles as the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, disclosed that the state had witnessed sustained, coordinated fatal attacks since 2011 by bandits.
"What happened in Yelwata had not happened anywhere in the world, should never happen again to any community," he said.
NATIONAL POST recalls that during what has been regarded as the deadliest massacre in Benue State, bandits attacked and killed over 200 people in Yelwata community on June 13.