By: Zagazola Makama
A presidential medical delegation in Benue State has exhumed the bodies of seven persons killed in the 2025 Yelwata attacks, in efforts at ensuring justice for victims of the violence.
Zagazola learnt that the exhumation was carried out on February 24 by federal investigators led by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) following an earlier situation report on the exercise.
According to the sources, the bodies were exhumed for inquest, adding that the exercise would continue at a later date.
“Seven corpses have been exhumed by the IRT-led federal investigators for inquest. The exercise will continue, and further development will be communicated,” police sources said.
Forensic pathologists from the Federal Ministry of Justice have arrived in Benue State to investigate the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata, a community in the Guma Local Government Area of the state.
The Presidential Medical Delegation on Monday visited Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area to inspect graves of victims of the June 2025 attack on the community.
Security sources said the delegation visited the burial site where victims of the attack were interred, and the graves were identified as part of ongoing investigative and medical review processes.
The deployment follows proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where nine suspects were arraigned on 2 February 2026 before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik in connection with the Yelwata attack.
The court stressed the importance of forensic evidence to ensure a fair trial and proper determination of culpability.
The sources added that adequate security measures were put in place to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free exercise.
The Guma Local government Yelwata attack of June 13, 2025, resulted in the deaths of several residents and forced many others to flee their homes.
