Social media activist, VeryDarkMan has slammed the President’s position on the Benue crisis and the killing of over 200 innocent people.
Recall that on June 14 2025, armed herdsmen attacked Yelewata community, Guma local government area of Benue State, in the night, setting homes ablaze, and burning women, children and men to death.
However, even before the Nigerian government could condemn the attack or react to the incident, the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Leo, in faraway Rome, spoke against the incident, describing it as a “terrible massacre.”
One day after the Pope’s reaction, the President, Bola Tinubu then directed the armed forces to intervene and asked the Benue government to dialogue with attackers.
But VeryDarkMan, who took a trip to the community for firsthand information, expressed worry that it appeared the herdsmen were way bigger than the president and the Nigerian government in general.
The activist accused the Nigerian government and security agencies of knowing more about the situation than they are telling Nigerians.
“Even from President Tinubu’s press release, you will know that these herdsmen are not done yet with Benue people. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said they should arrest the suspects and persecute them right? In that same press release, he said this is the time for Governor Alias to act as a statesman and immediately lead the process of dialogue and reconciliation that will bring back peace.
“You want to dialogue with those that are burning people alive, people with barbaric ways. This is to tell you that they are even bigger than the president. That’s just the truth. Don’t let anybody deceive you, and this is not anything about politics or wanting to say negative things about Tinubu’s regime, no. They are way bigger than him, bigger than APC, PDP, and everybody. They are way bigger.
“It will be clowning if the DG of DSS and IG of police will tell me that they didn’t know what is going on or what has been going on in Benue. It will be clowning if the Chiefs of Defense Staff, Army Staff will tell me that they don’t know what is going on. The reason why everybody is reacting now is because I have to go to show the video. A lot of you are used to the news of Benue killing. You are already used to the news and that’s what scares me most. The killing of 200 people just passed like that, it didn’t trend and no one talked about it. That’s why I went there, and now everyone is reacting.
“It will be clowning if NSA, Police and Army will tell me they don’t know about it. Do you know how those people entered the community? They came with gallons of fuel. When they open the door, they pour the fuel and light it up. So where did all those with gallons of fuel pass through? Not just that, they had AK guns with them.
” It’s just about protest. Every farmer in Benue needs to go and get a gun with a license. It’s bigger than what the government can come and intervene at this point. Unless Benue people have what to protect themselves with, they can do nothing”, he stated.
See video below
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