A resigned police Assistant Superintendent of Police, Daniel Akogwu, and his young child, Oche, were supposedly shot dead by a pack of cultists in Makurdi, the Benue State capital in the early hours of yesterday.
Vanguard gained from an onlooker that they were slaughtered at their habitation situated around the David Mark By-Pass range of the town, only a stone toss from the State Police Command Headquarters. As indicated by the source, the group raged the living arrangement of the perished looking for one of his children, who was claimed to have a place with an opponent religion pack in the town.
He said: "For at some point before the killing, we saw some peculiar developments around our neighborhood just for us to find today that individuals from a specific religion bunch assumed control over our zone looking for another child of Mr. Akogwu,who is at present on the loose.
"In any case, what happened today was that a few individuals from the group had laid a snare for the kid, trusting that they would get him in the early hours of the day and kill him for reasons we don't have a clue. "Sadly, his mom, who exchanges cooked nourishment, turned out as ahead of schedule as 4a.m. to plan for the day's business and individuals from the pack grabbed her and requested for the whereabouts of her child.
"She began yelling for help; it was her alert that woke up individuals in the area furthermore pulled in her better half and one of her children, who went to her salvage yet were immediately gunned around the pack." It was assembled that the posse likewise endeavored to set their home on fire, yet for the entry of policemen, who raged the scene, compelling the group to beat a retreat.
"The casualties were promptly raced to the Makurdi Federal Medical Center, where they were affirmed dead." When reached, the Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Moses Yamu, who affirmed the episode, said no captures had been made.
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