Gunmen kill police sergeant in Benue
Benue State Police Command has launched a manhunt for gunmen, who killed a policeman, Sergeant Bawa Ekoja, attached to ‘Operation Dzenda’ in Makurdi, the state capital.
The command’s image-maker, Daniel Ezeala (SP), in a telephone chat with Daily Sun, said Ekoja was going back home after closing from night duty at a hotel located in Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi, when the assailants in an ash Toyota Camry car shot him in his back.
Ezeala, explained that the deceased policeman was on his motorcycle when the gunmen shot him and he died immediately, adding that his corpse had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi. The Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, had last week, raised the alarm over the spate of insecurity in the state.
The command’s image-maker, Daniel Ezeala (SP), in a telephone chat with Daily Sun, said Ekoja was going back home after closing from night duty at a hotel located in Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi, when the assailants in an ash Toyota Camry car shot him in his back.
Ezeala, explained that the deceased policeman was on his motorcycle when the gunmen shot him and he died immediately, adding that his corpse had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi. The Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, had last week, raised the alarm over the spate of insecurity in the state.
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