Tension in Benue as suspected assassins gun down lecturer

Palpable tension has gripped Benue State
Polytechnic Community in Ugbokolo, Okpokwu
Local Government Area of the State as gunmen
suspected to be assassins, gunned down a lecturer
in the school, Mr Adah Echobu Chris.
Oniftv  gathered that the incident occured on
Sunday night when the armed men attacked the
lecturer along Eke and Ugbokolo expressway and
opened fire on him.
A lecturer of the school who spoke to our correspondent
lamented that Ugbokolo is no longer safe for them,
stressing that bloodthirsty men have been on a
rampage in the community recently.
“These faceless human beings have been attacking
innocent people in this place. At times, it is a clash
between rival cult groups and some times, you just
don’t know who is who. This is sad. Mr Adah was a
very popular lecturer”, he lamented.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Catherine Anene could not take her calls and has
not responded to text messages forwarded to her
as of press time.
Mr Adah, popularly known as Bull, was a senior
lecturer at the department of Business Management
and was also a PhD student at the Federal
University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State prior
to his death.
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