The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbami, SAN, is leading the prosecution team in the trial of nine persons arraigned on Monday for their alleged involvement in the massacre of about 150 people in Yelwata, a town in Benue state. The arraignment of the suspects in the Benue killings came after a painstaking investigation and collaboration by government agencies. ALSO READ: FG to arraign perpetrators of Benue killings, MondayThe defendants were arraigned on a 57- count amended charge bordering on the killings in Yelwata in Benue state in June last year. The defendants, Ado Mohammed Dono, Mohammed Saidu, Alh Haruna Abdullahi, Yakubu Adamu, Mohammed Musa, Abubakar Adamu, Shaibu Ibrahim, Saleh Mohammed and Bako Jibril pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them by the federal government. “The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to the protection of lives and property of all as enshrined in the constitution”, AGF stated in the statement.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 02, 2026 12:26 UTC