Internally Displaced People (IDPs) held a protest on Wednesday, demanding a quick return to their ancestral homes, bringing traffic along the Benue–Nasarawa route to a complete halt in the Yelwata axis.
For several hours, the demonstrators, who were allegedly the targets of ongoing attacks by suspected herdsmen, stopped both sides of the major roadway while yelling, “We want to go back home.”
Hundreds of drivers and passengers were stuck as a result of the disruption created by the demonstration.
According to witnesses, the government’s tardiness in bringing security back to their towns has deeply frustrated the displaced people, many of whom have lived in congested IDP camps for years.
“We have suffered enough. We want to return to our homes and farms,” one of the protesters told reporters at the scene.
Security personnel were reportedly deployed to monitor the situation and prevent any escalation, though tensions remained high as of press time.
Efforts to reach the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, and other relevant authorities for comment were unsuccessful.
