Clad in black and holding placards with bold inscriptions, the distraught women decried the escalating violence in their communities, which has led to mass displacement, loss of lives, and widespread hunger.
Some of the placards read: “President Tinubu, End the Killings,” “We Are Tired of Burying Our Husbands,” and “Thanks for Visiting, But We Need Action Now.”
Amid emotional chants and traditional dirges, the women expressed their grief and desperation. In one of their chants, they sang in the local dialect: “We can’t go to our farms; if we go, they will kill us. Please come to our rescue.”
The protest follows a recent surge in attacks in communities across Guma, Logo, and Agatu LGAs, leaving scores dead and thousands displaced. The protesters said the government must do more to protect rural dwellers from what they described as “systematic and targeted annihilation.”
