GOVERNOR: ORTON'S AIDE KILLED BY GUNMEN'S, WIFE INJURED - BENUE STATE

GOVERNOR: ORTON'S AIDE KILLED BY GUNMEN'S, WIFE INJURED - BENUE STATE

Orton's aide

  Some gunmen on Sunday barged into the premises of the Principal Special Assistant to the Benue State   Governor on Knowledge, Economy and Investments, Dr Tavershima Adyorough, and shot him dead.


  The assailants broke into the residence at Nyinma layout in Makurdi, the state capital, around 12.30am and shot him and his wife, PUNCH reported.

  The family was said to have gone to bed when the gunmen attacked the house, shooting Adyorough dead and leaving his wife with gunshot wounds.

  The wife of the deceased was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital.


 The state Governor, Samuel Ortom, has  the arrest and prosecution of the killers.

  In a press statement issued and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Terver Akase, and made available to our correspondent on Sunday, the governor lamented the death, calling on security agencies to swing into action immediately.

  Ortom, who described the deceased as a competent and dependable aide who delivered on assignments with dedication and honesty, said the killing was unacceptable and condemnable.

  He sympathised with the family of the deceased, the government and people of the state, and pledged to support security agencies in their effort to apprehend the culprits.

  He urged those with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the assailants to make same available.

  The Benue State Police Command spokesman, ASP Moses Yamu, said the police received information that two yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the early hours of Sunday shot Adyorough and his wife at their residence at BIPC Quarters, Nyiman, Makurdi.

  Yamu said, “On arrival, the police rushed the couple to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital where the man was confirmed dead, while the wife is currently receiving treatment. Five expended cartridges were recovered from the scene of the crime.”

  He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bashir Makama, had ordered immediate investigation into the incident, assuring members of the public that the perpetrators would be brought to book.

Source: Ibukun Josephine Bankole