Abuja, Nigeria – Kamena 2025 – Abaturage ba Leta ya Benue, iri mu majyaruguru ashyira hagati ya Nigeria, barimo gusaba ubutabera nyuma y’uko abarwanyi bataramenyekana bateye agace ka Guma, bakica abantu barenga 150 mu ijoro ryo ku wa 13 Kamena. Abandi benshi barakomeretse, abandi barahunga, naho amazu n’amasoko birashya.
Iki gitero cyatumye abaturage ndetse n’abanyamakuru bakomeye basaba Perezida Bola Ahmed Tinubu “kubyuka” no gufata ibyemezo birambye ku kibazo cy’umutekano mucye umaze imyaka myinshi muri ako karere.
Igitero cyabaye ku mugoroba ubwo abantu bari ku isoko rya Yelewata, bagerageza gusubira mu buzima busanzwe nyuma y’andi makimbirane yabaye mu minsi ishize.
Umwe mu barokotse, Fidelis Adidi, yabwiye abanyamakuru amagambo yuje agahinda agira ati: “Umugore wanjye n’abana bane barishwe. Imibiri yabo ntiyamenyekanye. Ndumva umutima wanjye warapfuye.”
Amashusho n’amafoto yacicikanye yerekanye imibiri yatwitswe, amazu yamaze kwangirika, ndetse n’abaturage bicaye mu cyunamo.
Nyuma y’icyo gitero, Perezida Tinubu yasuye Benue, asaba igikorwa cyihuse cyo kugarura umutekano, ariko abaturage benshi babibonye nk’igikorwa cyatinze. Yatangaje ko abicanyi bagomba guhigwa bukware, ariko nta muntu n’umwe urafatwa kugeza ubu.
“Aho bari? Ninde wafashwe? Ese ubuzima bw’abantu 150 ntacyo buvuze?” — ibi ni ibibazo abaturage bibaza, nk’uko byatangajwe na Pulse Nigeria.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko ikibazo cy’umutekano muri Nigeria cyarenze ubushobozi bw’inzego z’umutekano, aho usanga ibice byinshi by’igihugu byaragizwe indiri y’imitwe yitwaje intwaro, ibihumbi by’abaturage baricwa cyangwa barimurwa.
Benue, kimwe n’andi masite, imaze imyaka irenga icumi yibasirwa n’intambara hagati y’abahinzi n’aborozi, imitwe yitwaje intwaro, ndetse n’inyeshyamba zitagira aho zibogamiye.
Bamwe mu banyamakuru n’abaturage bagize icyo batangaza, bavuga ko Perezida Tinubu akwiye kureka amagambo maze agashyira imbere ibikorwa bifatika byo kugarura ituze, guhana abakoze ayo mahano no guhangana n’abateza umutekano muke.
Umuyobozi w’intara ya Benue, Hyacinth Alia, yasabye gushyiraho “Komite y’amahoro” igamije guhuza abaturage n’inzego z’umutekano, ariko ibikomere ku mitima n’umubiri byamaze kuba byinshi.
Nigeria iri mu bihe bikomeye by’umutekano mucye, kandi abaturage bayo, cyane cyane abo muri Benue, barimo kubura icyizere mu bayobozi babo. Nubwo Perezida Tinubu yasuye agace kabayemo ubwicanyi, abaturage bategereje ibikorwa birenze amagambo.
Ni igihe cyo kubyuka no gushyira imbere ubuzima bw’abaturage, kuko abicanyi ba Benue bashobora kugera hose, nk’uko bamwe babivuga:“Wake up, Mr. President. These Benue killers are coming for all of us.”
