The Idoma Association USA has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to take immediate and decisive action to end the persistent killings in Benue South Senatorial District, describing the attacks on communities in Idoma land as a sustained campaign of violence that has lasted for more than a decade.
In a letter addressed to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the association expressed concern over what it described as the “wanton slaughter, maiming and total annihilation” of the Idoma people by suspected armed herdsmen.
The letters was jointly signed by the President of the Idoma Association USA, Prince Dr. Edwin Ochai, and the association’s Secretary, Chief Sylvester Onche Steno.
“With a high sense of responsibility and a bleeding heart, we are compelled to draw your attention, Your Excellency, to the wanton slaughter, maiming and total annihilation of our people, the good people of Idoma land in Benue South Senatorial District of Benue State by bloodthirsty herdsmen, a barbarism that has lasted over a decade unhindered,” the group stated.
The group recalled the attacks of July 11 and 12, 2026, on Akpachi village in Ugboju and Otukpo-Nobi communities in Otukpo Local Government Area, where at least 20 people were reportedly killed, dozens injured and several homes razed.
According to the association, the attacks were not isolated incidents but part of a long-running wave of violence that has affected communities across Agatu, Apa, Otukpo, Ohimini, Okpokwu, Ado, Obi and Oju local government areas.
“What deepens our anguish is that these massacres
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