My people! Na wetin dey happen for Abuja Court we go yan today. Nine people wey dey face serious wahala don enter Kuje Correctional Centre because of di Yelewata community attack wey happen for June 2025. Dis attack no be small matter o, about 150 pipo kpai like say na dem dey shoot film.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik na im dey handle di case. E clear say di suspects no gree accept di charges wey dey for dem, as dem all plead not guilty to 57 counts of terrorism. Na so di Attorney General of di Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, jump enter court come tell dem say no be small thing wey dem dey trial for. Dem don do am as sharp as dem fit because di matter dey serious pass regular domestic wahala.
When di case come up on Monday, e get one move wey dem make – dem remove di name of di sixth suspect, Yakubu Maman, from di case. Di oga dey yan say na ten suspects dey before but dem reduce to nine. Di remaining suspects na: Lawal Muhammed Dunu, Muhammadu Saidu, Haruna Abdullahi, Yakubu Adamu, Mohammed Musa, Abubakar Adamu, Shaibu Ibrahim, Saleh Mohammed, and Bako Jubrin. Omo, na big men dey for di show wey we dey look!
Oga Fagbemi inform di court say dem don file 57 amended charges against di suspects. As di charges dey read one by one, di registrar dey use Hausa interpreter make dem fit understand di wahala wey don land dem. Dem gree say no guilty for all di charges. Omo, dis one don worry dem!
Following di plea, di AGF no waste time, e ask di court make dem remand di suspects for Kuje till di trial begin. Court don adjourn di case to di end of February make dem fit talk again. Wetin dey happen na say dem need to gather evidence and witnesses before dem fit start di full trial.
Dis no be joke matter o! Di attack self happen on di night of June 13/14, wey dem attack di villagers as dem dey sleep. Di news show say dem set houses on fire, and plenty people don dey displaced from dia homes to IDP camps for Makurdi. E really pain person heart, hear say plenty women and children don suffer from di wahala wey happen.
Di guber of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, don talk say di attack pass regular herdsmen and farmers wahala. E talk say di way di attack take happen, na planned action and e no just dey happen like dat. E ensure everybody sabi say na terrorism we dey deal with here, no be child’s play.
Even di President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, don waka to Benue State after di attack, wey e promise say dem go catch di attackers. Di koko be say e no fit reach Yelewata because of di rain and bad road. But wetin be say everybody don dey follow dis gist, to show say we dey take this matter serious.
We even hear say di Pope don use di matter for one sermon, he express im sadness say wetin happen for Yelewata reach di level wey pass understanding. Na prayer wey ndeh hope say peace go return to di land.
Omo, we go dey watch as di trial dey come, make we see wetin go happen next as dem go start di case full ground come February. Anyhow e be, we go dey keep una updated with di fresh gist anytime e land. Na Naija we dey!
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