Benue Attack Survivor: ’20 of My Family Were Burnt Alive

A survivor of the recent attack in Yelewata, Benue State, has recounted the devastating loss of his entire family.

In a now-viral video obtained by Persecondnews, Michael Ajah heartbreakingly revealed he lost 20 family members in the tragedy.

He described how their homes were set ablaze by those he identified as ‘Fulani people,’ stating that 11 family members perished in a single house.

All his possessions and property were also destroyed in the inferno.

He said: “My whole family died the day before yesterday. There were 20 of them, that is my own family members. I’m not talking about any other thing. That’s my own family members.

“This is my store[pointing to a burnt shop]. They burnt my clothes. They burnt everything. They burnt our food, all my family members.

“What we came out with are the clothes we were wearing on that day. On that day, rain started in the evening, so we entered.

“I slept there (pointing to the house). So I was sleeping around 10:20[pm] we heard gun shots at the back there[pointing to the back] so before we could notice that something has happened, Fulani men entered this place. ”

Asked how he knew the attackers were Fulani men, he said, “Because they were speaking and I was inside the room, and I heard them clearly.

“Nobody told me. I was inside the room there, and they surrounded that room. I escaped narrowly. My brothers burnt in this house, some escaped. My dad, burnt in this house.”

Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to personally assess the situation and offer condolences to the state’s government and the people.