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Broken Promises and Bullet Holes: Inside the Failure of Operation Whirl Stroke in Benue

Summary by Within Nigeria
It was in 2018 that the Nigerian Defence Headquarters launched Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), a new offensive aimed at flushing out criminal gangs responsible for killings in Benue and other states, including Nasarawa, Taraba, and Zamfara. At the time, Benue was reeling from the deaths of over 3,000 people killed in the farmer-herder crisis. In January 2018, the Benue State Emergency Management Agency revealed that over 80 persons had been kille…
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Within Nigeria broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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