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Jimin Geoffrey, who formerly served as Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, has voiced deep frustration over the persistent and unprovoked assaults targeting the people of Benue State by heavily armed Fulani herdsmen.

Speaking to LMSINT MEDIA, Jimin emphasized that even with President Bola Tinubu’s recent courtesy visit to Benue in the aftermath of the violent bloodbath at Yelwata, located in Guma Local Government Area, the attacks have shown no sign of abating.

According to Jimin, who himself hails from Guma, on Saturday, the 21st of June, 2025, four individuals tragically lost their lives at several different spots across Makurdi and Guma. These included Tse Ati, Uda Yagba, and Tse-Kator within Guma LGA.

He continued by recounting another harrowing incident on Sunday, the 19th of June, 2025, when four officers from the Mobile Police Force were savagely murdered by the so-called harvesters at Udei, also within Guma Local Government Area.

In a similar vein, on the 2nd of July, 2025, these bloodthirsty elements launched another brutal offensive on Kwaghgba village, where at least three innocent residents were reportedly slaughtered in cold blood.

Tragically, on Thursday, the 3rd of July, 2025, militia herders carried out yet another violent assault in Ukohol village, again situated in Guma, where no fewer than three villagers were killed.

The string of violence continued, according to Jimin, when the horror shifted to Tse-Anundu in Udei on Friday, the 4th of July, 2025. During that attack, Mr. Nomsoor Anundu was killed, while two other individuals suffered gunshot wounds and are currently undergoing medical treatment.

LMSINT MEDIA recalled that President Tinubu, during his visit on June 18, 2025, had directed both the Chief of Defense Staff and the Inspector General of Police to ensure those responsible for the violence are flushed out.

Additionally, Tinubu ordered the Directors General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the State Security Service (SSS) to restructure their intelligence-gathering systems to obtain credible information to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

However, our correspondent found that despite these high-level directives, the overall security environment in Guma and surrounding areas remains dangerously unchanged.

Jimin decried that these terrorist elements have occupied deserted farms and abandoned homes, from which they continue to launch deadly raids against anyone venturing into their own backyard to engage in farming.

“The ease with which these terrorists carry out their operations and retreat unchallenged is frightening,” he lamented. “I fear there may be another bloodbath looming for Benue State.”

Jimin further emphasized, “I wish to state it without any doubt that the Renewed Hope slogan promised to Nigerians by Mr. President during his election campaigns, for the people of Benue, has only translated into RECURRING DEATHS.

“We die daily, anywhere and anytime, at the pleasure of these so-called harvesters who seem to have planted us in this part of the country. Even the security operatives assigned to protect us have not been spared from their killing spree.

“Countless victims, among them children who barely survived previous attacks, are still battling for their lives in different hospitals. Meanwhile, these gun-wielding terrorists are persistently plotting new attacks on more Benue communities without facing any resistance,” he concluded.