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Nigeria charges 9 over 2025 Yelwata massacre that killed 150

Prosecutors have charged nine individuals on grounds of terrorism related to one of the deadliest massacres of the past years in Benue state in June 2025. The killings mainly targeted the Yelwata community.

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00:01The scars from last year's massacre in central Nigeria have not yet fully healed.
00:08A gunman attack on Yilwata in Nigeria's central Benue estate on 13 June 2025 left around 150 people dead.
00:18It was one of the deadliest rural attacks in recent years.
00:22But justice may now be in sight.
00:25On Monday, the Federal High Court of Abuja charged nine men on grounds of terrorism for the deadly massacre.
00:34The suspects are accused of conspiring for several months and carefully planning the attack by raising funds and recruiting fighters in neighboring Nazarawa state.
00:45Several defendants are accused of having aided the individuals central to the attack by providing weapons or safe places for planning the massacre.
00:55The court filed 57 charges in total.
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