APC Chieftain Murdered by Armed Men in Benue

…His decease has formed a acheronian shadiness successful our assemblage – LG Chairman

By Peter Duru, Makurdi

A salient Benue person and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ejeh Udeh, has been killed by equipped men.

The incidental occurred precocious Sunday nighttime astatine his residence successful Ugboju, Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

According to eyewitnesses, the attackers, who arrived connected motorbikes, changeable him astatine adjacent scope arsenic helium returned home. He was rushed to the infirmary but was confirmed dead.

The Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Council, Maxwell Ogiri, who confirmed the development, said information agencies had been mobilized to analyse and guarantee the perpetrators are brought to justice.

“The gruesome execution of Ejeh has formed a acheronian shadiness successful our assemblage due to the fact that helium was a well-known figure, a assemblage leader, and a chieftain of the APC successful Otukpo LGA,” Ogiri said.

He noted that the timing of the attack, which occurred during dense rainfall astir 11 p.m., made it hard for residents to respond immediately.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, said she was yet to person afloat details of the incident.

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