Nigeria, March 3 -- The Benue State Government has commenced the resettlement of victims of the 14 June 2025 attack on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area, marking the first phase of efforts to return displaced residents to their ancestral homes.

The Secretary to the State Government, Deborah Aber, disclosed this on Monday at a press conference in Makurdi.

Mrs Aber, who also chairs the Technical Committee for Donations for Internally Displaced Persons in the state, said the affected persons had begun returning home under a structured resettlement plan developed by the government in collaboration with international partners.

Yelewata was among the communities attacked in June 2025 when gunmen killed more than 100 people, fo...