DAILY POST
DAILY POST has obtained the list of 127 persons killed in Saturday’s early morning attack on Yelewata, a community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Following the attack, the state government claimed that only 59 persons died.
However, when DAILY POST visited the community on Monday, residents claimed that over 300 people were killed by the assailants.
Franc Utoo, a lawyer-cum-politician and native of Yelewata, who lost over 33 members of his extended family and more than 50 of his political supporters, told our reporter that they have been able to identify about 127 persons who lost their lives in the carnage from his immediate community, with a similar number from neighboring villages who came to camp in the area.
He listed the victims as follows:
Adam Family
Torsaar Adam
Doose Adam
Nguyilan Adam
Ajah Family
Lydia Ajah
Terdoo Ajah
Iwuese Ajah
Akpen Family
Terzungwe Akpen
Aondohemba Akpen
Ushana Akpen
Shater Akpen
Mercy Akpen
Isaac Akpen
Amaki Family
Festus Amaki
Shater Amaki
Anya Family
Orbuter Anya
Aondoana Family
Dooshima Aondoana
Agbogo Aondoana
Erdoo Aondoana
Aondovihi Family
Mbakeren Aondovihi
Monday Aondovihi
Erdoo Aondovihi
Joe Aondovihi
Mwarga Aondovihi
Asom Family
Atuur Asom
Uvershigh Asom