Yeah, Benue is one of the hotspots for pastoral conflicts. It has escalated in the past 3 years. 

I really hope you can talk your family out of moving there. 

It may be my bias but I'm not very trusting of the church here as prosperity gospel is the only message they tend to preach. Prosperity being that you give them your money and it comes back to you in multiple folds even if you don't have a job. 

Also, I worry that your family will be taken advantage of or made a target for people to defraud since they're in a country where they don't speak the languages nor look like everyone else.  

I hope you can get through to them.