Police Vow To Bring Killers Of LG Officer, Former Poly Staff To Book
The Benue State Police Command said that it has initiated moves to apprehend killers of former Deputy Rector of the Benue State Polytechnic, Mr Oche Enenche.
Also to bring to book were the killers of the Information Officer, Ikum Local Government Area, Mr. Orbunde Ephraim.
Oche Enenche, who was a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics, was shot dead last weekend by yet-to-be identified gunmen.
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It was gathered that some hoodlums had been terrorising motorists and commuters along Otukpo-Eke-Ugbokolo-Otukpa highway.
The Local Government Information Officer was also murdered by gunmen in Zaki Biam, the local government headquarters a day after.
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The immediate past chairman of Ukum LGA, Steve Ayua, who appointed Orbunde as the council’s Information Officer, told newsmen that his killers trailed him to his house and shot him in the stomach.
“I appointed him (Ephraim) the Information Officer of Ukum LGA but I don’t know if the new chairman retained him or not, but he was shot last night and was taken to a private hospital, unfortunately, he didn’t get prompt medical attention and he eventually passed on,” Ayua said.
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The former Deputy Rector was assassinated by gunmen on Friday evening while returning to Ugbokolo from Otukpo in company with his wife.
A lecturer in the institution who preferred anonymity said the deceased met his untimely death travelling in his car to Otukpo town with his wife for an appointment.
“From what we gathered, he drove into the gunmen and they flagged him down. And they didn’t waste a minute, as he was stopping, they shot and killed him.
“They also made attempt to kidnap his wife but because the security personnel who were not too far away from the point of the incident rushed to where the gunshots came from, the armed men on sighting the approaching military personnel fled into the bush, abandoning the woman.
“I must tell you that the murder of the Enenche is one too many on that road. Only a few months ago we also lost another lecturer to a similar incident aside from the numerous travellers that ply that road that have either been killed, kidnapped or shot at by these gunmen.”