By Henry Ojelu
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Terkaa Aondo, has demanded pressing motion from the Nasarawa State Authorities over the killing of Tiv indigenes, warning that continued silence and inaction might worsen insecurity and set off additional assaults throughout a number of native authorities areas of the state.
Aondo spoke in opposition to the backdrop of the killing of 4 Tiv natives on January 26, 2026, in Keana Native Authorities Space.
The victims—Clement Akaa, Yina Fidelis, Thaddeus Tsehemba and Philomina Umbuga—had been reportedly attacked whereas fishing in River Keleke close to the Umerai settlement in Kwarra district of Keana LGA.
Describing the incident as a part of a recurring sample of violence in opposition to Tiv communities, the senior lawyer stated the killings had been neither remoted nor unintended, however reflective of a broader safety failure that has left Tiv settlements uncovered in Nasarawa State.
He warned that except decisive measures are taken, extra assaults are imminent in Awe, Doma, Keana, Obi, Lafia and different Tiv-populated areas of the state.
In response to him, there’s palpable concern amongst Tiv residents, a lot of whom have continued to face threats to life, farmlands and livelihoods with out satisfactory authorities safety.
Aondo accused armed Fulani herdsmen of finishing up sustained assaults on Tiv indigenes, alleging that ancestral farmlands and villages are being forcefully taken over within the affected native authorities areas.
He lamented that regardless of repeated stories and public outcries, there was no significant intervention by the state authorities to halt the violence or reclaim occupied communities.
“The Tiv folks of Nasarawa are being killed and displaced in their very own ancestral lands, whereas the federal government seems the opposite method.This has gone on for too lengthy, and the silence is harmful,” he stated.
The senior advocate additional alleged that the obvious indifference of the state authorities to the plight of Tiv communities was deliberate, noting that the governor had didn’t display political will in addressing insecurity in Tiv areas of the state.
He stated the governor, because the chief safety officer and primary citizen of Nasarawa State, has a constitutional obligation to guard all residents with out discrimination, stressing that the Tiv indigenes had overwhelmingly participated within the democratic course of that introduced the current administration to energy.
In response to Aondo, the failure to safe lives and property quantities to a breach of that duty and raises severe questions on equality, justice and governance within the state.
He known as on the Nasarawa State Authorities to right away deploy safety forces to flashpoints, examine the killings, arrest and prosecute these accountable, and make sure the protected return of displaced Tiv households to their communities.
Aondo additionally urged the Federal Authorities and safety businesses to intervene the place the state has failed, warning that continued neglect might escalate tensions and undermine peace within the area.
He insisted that justice for the slain Tiv indigenes and safety for susceptible communities stay the one path to restoring confidence and stability in Nasarawa State.
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