Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the State Police Command and other security agencies to ensure that killers of Mr. Patrick Kumbul, the Head of ICT Unit at Radio Nigeria Harvest FM, Makurdi are arrested and brought to justice.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr.Terver Akase on Sunday, the Governor described as unacceptable, the murder of Mr. Kumbul on Saturday night by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in front of his house on Daniel Amokachi Lane, Makurdi.
Ortom urged residents of Makurdi, the Benue State capital and neighbouring towns to volunteer information that would lead to the arrest of the killers.
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The Governor expressed his sympathy to the entire Kumbul family, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria and Harvest FM staff in particular over the painful loss.
He prayed God to grant the deceased eternal rest.
The Next Edition reports that the death of Mr. Kumbul saturday night is coming few weeks after his colleague, Doris Foga was allegedly poisoned.
