Gunmen Attack Benue Lawmaker’s Convoy, Kill Ex-Councillor

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have ambushed the convoy of the member representing Logo State Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Prince Shimapever Jiji, at Anyiin, in Logo local government area of the State, killing a former Councillor of Tombu Ward identified as Tsebee on the spot.

In a telephone interview with a member of the community, who do not want his name in print, he explained to our correspondent that the Logo representative went to Tombu Council Ward to commiserate with the families those whose loved ones were killed last Thursday in an unprovoked attack that claimed about three lives and was attacked on his way back home.

According to him, “The unknown assailants who were in their numbers on sighting the convoy at Anyiin started shooting sporadically at the vehicles, killing a former Councillor of Tombu Council Ward and injuring many in the convoy.”

Also, on a telephone interview, the Logo LGA chairman, Clement Kav, who confirmed the attack and killing, condemned the unprovoked attack on the convoy of the lawmaker, charging security operatives to ensure that the perpetrators of the dastardly act were brought to book

The LGA chairman said, “our son came home to commiserate with the families of the people that were killed in last Thursday attack, I was supposed to be part of his entourage but the governor called me for a meeting, only for me to hear that the Logo representative was attacked on his way back at Anyiin in the late hours of Saturday evening.”

Efforts to get confirmation from the Benue State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet, failed as her phone number was not connecting as of press time.