The chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ward of Gboko South, Tersoo Ahu, was killed in Gboko on Sunday by gunmen.
When gunmen stormed the venue with clubs, cutlass as well as iron and manhandled him, Ahu and other APC ward excos were said to be involved in the training of party officials for membership registration and revalidation exercise.
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APC Secretary of Publicity, Benue Chapter, James Orgunga, who confirmed the incident, said the ward chairman, who suffered serious injuries as a result of the attack, was later killed in a public hospital in Gboko, where he was being treated.
During the 2023 general election, the brutal killing of the APC ward chairman in Gboko, the ancestral home of the Tiv people, may not be unrelated to the alleged factions within the party.
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The Benue Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kate Anene, a DSP, confirmed the incident and said the investigation had begun to arrest the suspects.
Yes, I can confirm the assault and killing of the chairman of the APC ward in Gboko. Our men rushed to the scene, but the suspects fled. We have identified them, though, and we will pick them up very soon,” said DSP Anene.
