Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- Forensic pathologists from the Federal Ministry of Justice have arrived in Benue State to investigate the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata, a community in the Guma Local Government Area of the state.

In a statement on Monday, the governor's Technical Adviser on Media, Solomon Iorpev, said Governor Hyacinth Alia welcomed the team as part of efforts to ensure justice for victims of what he described as a brutal assault.

"As the Benue State Government continues to take concrete steps to ensure justice for the victims of the brutal attack on Yelwata community, the governor has welcomed a team of forensic pathologists from the Federal Ministry of Justice deployed to gather forensic evidence from the gruesome murders," Mr ...