Pascal Arogorn Ibe
The Police Command in Benue State has confirmed the murder of Mr Tersoo Ahu, the Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Gboko South , Gboko Local Government Area by suspected hoodlums .
The Command’ s Police Public Relations Officer , Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Makurdi.
Anene said that preliminary investigation revealed that suspected hoodlums allegedly from a faction of the party in the council ward carried out the attack at the party’ s registration and revalidation training centre .
She said that the deceased and other party members were at the venue of the training for the registration and revalidation exercise when the hoodlums arrived.
According to the PPRO , the chairman was hit on the head with a wood by the hoodlums , he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
“ The youth, who claimed to be a faction within the party, mobilised and attacked the deceased on others where they were conducting training for ward and polling unit officers for the party’ s registration and revalidation exercise .
“ They claimed it was not the venue that they had agreed for the training of the officers .
“ They came violently with stones , wood, and started throwing stones ; one of them hit the chairman with a wood and he fell down.
“ He was rushed to the hospital where he died , ” she added .
Anene further disclosed that several other people sustained various degrees of injury during the attack .
She said that the attackers would be arrested prosecuted .
( NAN)
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