Rachael Olokungboye
BENUE – A Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on security, Christopher Dega, has been shot dead.
The retired police officer Mr. Dega was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Although the full details of the killing were not available at the time of this report, Mr. Dega was confirmed dead by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase.
Mr. Akase, who spoke on Wednesday, promised to send the governor’s reaction in due course.
Before his retirement from the police, Mr. Dega had served as commissioner of police in Borno and Edo states.
Mr. Dega’s killing occurred few days after the murder of a former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak.
Mr. Gulak was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was shot dead on Saturday night by some gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.
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