Gunmen kill ex-Benue Polytechnic deputy rector, LG information officer
A former Deputy Rector of the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics, Oche Enenche, was, weekend, shot dead by the criminal gangs tormenting motorists and commuters on the busy Otukpo-Eke-Ugbokolo-Otukpa highway. His murder came as the Information Officer of Ukum Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, Mr. Orbunde Ephraim, was, Saturday, also shot dead by unknown gunmen in Zaki Biam, the Local Government headquarters. The immediate past chairman of Ukum LGA, Steve Ayua, who appointed Ephraim as the council's Information Officer, said the killers tailed the victim to his house and shot him in the stomach. Ayua said: "I appointed him (Ephraim) the Information Officer of Ukum LGA but I don't know if the new chairman retained him or not, but he was shot last night and was taken to a private hospital, unfortunately, he didn't get prompt medical attention and he eventually passed on." Meanwhile, the former D...