Barely 24 hours after a traveler was ambushed and killed on the Naka–Makurdi road, terror has returned to Benue State with a vengeance. On November 27, 2025, armed attackers stormed farmlands behind Government Comprehensive Secondary School in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area, and murdered three farmers in cold blood.
The victims have been identified as Mr. Ioryer Kwaghkaha (OLS), Ayila Atsar, and one other person whose name is yet to be officially released. The farmers were reportedly shot and then brutally hacked as they worked their fields in Gilim Ashi village, along the Naka–Agagbe road. Their bodies were later recovered and deposited at the Naka morgue.
This latest assault comes hot on the heels of Tuesday’s ambush near Kula village, where Nigerian Army troops managed to repel the attackers, though not before one life was lost. The gunmen clearly regrouped and came back today, this time targeting defenseless farmers instead of a moving vehicle.
The cycle feels numbingly familiar: attack, brief military response, a day or two of quiet, then another strike. For communities in Gwer West and across Benue’s sinking zone, every trip to the farm now carries the weight of a potential death sentence.
While security forces continue to promise reinforcement and “dominance” of the troubled areas, the reality on the ground tells a different story. Three more families are grieving tonight, three more bodies lie in a morgue, and the fields that should feed this state remain killing grounds.
May the souls of Mr. Ioryer Kwaghkaha, Ayila Atsar, and the third victim rest in perfect peace. And may those in authority finally find the will to end this carnage before the next headline is written in someone else’s blood.
