Unidentified gunmen in the wee hours of Monday shot and killed an
\nAssistant Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps
\n(NSCDC) in Benue state, Abeeka Abeeka.<\/p>\n
The killing of the officer took place at Akile village, Tyo Mu along
\nMakurdi- Gboko road at about 4am on Monday outside the officer’s house,
\nwhen the youths shot to death the officer and took to their heels.<\/p>\n
The late officer was woken up following the alarm raised by neighbours
\nthat some people were coming to attack the village.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that as soon as Abeeka stepped out of his house, one of
\nthe gunmen opened fire and killed him.<\/p>\n
Tyo Mu community had witnessed a series of clashes in recent times
\nbetween the indigenes and settlers over land dispute.<\/p>\n
It could be recalled that for some time now, villagers in the area have
\nbeen engaged in rivalry over land matters as well as contention over
\nrights over economic sites in the area.<\/p>\n
Abeeka, an assistant commandant of the corps, was a dedicated and
\nenergetic person, he would be missed.<\/p>\n
This is a sad incident and very unfortunate coming at a time the NSCDC
\nstill mourning the death of Inspector Joseph Ochogwu, an Idoma man from
\nBenue South senatorial zone who was murdered some days back by gunmen
\nsuspected to be herdsmen in the state.<\/p>\n
“We have commenced full scale investigation into the matter to ascertain
\nthose behind the dastardly act, while the manhunt of the fleeing bandits
\nwas ongoing with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice.<\/p>\n
Unidentified gunmen in the wee hours of Monday shot and killed an Assistant Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Benue state, Abeeka Abeeka. The killing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n