The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Terfa Adams in a market, by unidentified gunmen in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
The Commands Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident in a telephone message to journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi.
Anene said “On 2/3/2021, at about 1100hrs, information was received at ‘D’ Police Division Makurdi that a young man was trailed and hit on the head by unknown men.”
According to her, the victim was rushed to the hospital where he was eventually confirmed dead.
She said the corpse has been deposited at the hospital while investigation is in progress.
She, on behalf of the command, commiserated with friends and family of the deceased and assured of discreet investigation that will bring to book the perpetrators of this gruesome act.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, our correspondent gathered that gunmen suspected to be cultists shot dead the victim at the village market section of the Makurdi Modern Market.
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According to eye witnesses, the incident happened around 10:45am when traders were displaying their wares for business.
A source who did not want to be named told our correspondent that the deceased young man rode his motorcycle to the market and was trying to alight when the assailants, two in number walked up to him and shot him twice.
“He tried to stand up and run but the gunmen rushed after him with stones and tyre wheel and hit him until he breathe his last.”
“We all ran for our lives while the whole drama lasted. From where I stood, I saw how they hit him severally with stones and tyre wheel on his head. When they were sure that he had died, they left him on the ground and walked away through a section of the market unchallenged.”
Our source said out of fear, traders quickly closed their shops and ran for their lives and only returned when policemen from the D-Division came and evacuated the victim’s corpse and motorcycle from the scene.
