Super Eagles and FC Nantes forward, Moses Simon, has urged Nigerians to unite against violence after terrorists attacked inhabitants of a village in Benue State.

According to Soccernet.ng, at about 11 pm last Friday, heavily armed Jihadists stormed Yelwata, a farming community in the Guma county of Benue State, setting ablaze their homes and slaughtering the predominantly Christian inhabitants.

The catastrophe claimed over 200 lives, and the toll is still on the rise as the remainder of the villagers try to reclaim what is left of the ruins they once called home.

While the Benue locals protested against the killings over the weekend, social media platforms were also flooded with awareness of the gruesome events happening in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

Moses Simon took to his page to join in the clamour for justice against the perpetrators of these wicked acts.

“We must stand together against violence and demand justice,” Simon wrote on his @Simon27Moses handle on Instagram yesterday.

The Super Eagles forward was not alone. New Catholic Pope Leo XIV has added his voice to the demand for justice over the mayhem in Benue, condemning the recent killings.

Before delivering his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, the Pontiff expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Nigeria and the suffering of affected communities. He prayed for “security, justice and peace” to prevail in Nigeria.

Several Nigerian public figures like the VeryDarkMan (Martins Vincent Otse), Folarin Falana (Falz the Bad Guy), and comedian Sabinus have also used their platforms to call for people to stand up against acts of terrorism.

These killings have been going on for over a decade, but the frequency has gone up in the past year, and it is only right that we all collectively put an end to the menace.