Nigeria, June 23 -- The bloodbath across the nation has remained intractable. Troubling! However, the recent rise in the case of Benue State is not just alarming but utterly unacceptable, heart-rending and must end immediately.

How does a nation lose over 200 lives in one night and the assailants would disappear with no trace?

There is nothing about the recent Yelewata attack to suggest that this is just a mere community strife. It is clear case of premeditated ethnic genocide and the perpetrators must be brought to justice and full investigation conducted to establish their motive.

The Yelewata Community has been in mourning after gunmen killed 200 of their people in the North-Central state.

Survivors said the assailants stormed the ...