Gunmen have killed Christopher Dega, senior special assistant on security to the governor of Benue State, Dr Samuel Ortom.
Spokesman for the Plateau State police command, Mr. Ubah Ogaba said in a statement that the retired assistant inspector general of police was killed on Tuesday night at a restaurant in Jos south local government area.
“On a sad note we received an ugly report of the death of retired AIG Christopher Dega.
“He was shot dead by three yet to be identified gunmen in an isolated restaurant at Bukuru, Jos.
He arrived in Jos from Makurdi on the same date at about 7:30pm,” he said.
He added that preliminary investigation revealed that Dega who left Makurdi on Tuesday was trailed to Jos where he was shot.
The police spokesman also said some suspects connected to the murder had been arrested and were in police custody while investigation into the case had begun.
Reacting to the development in Makurdi on Wednesday, Ortom described Dega’s death as “very sad.”
The governor said the late aide who was a former commissioner of police in both Edo and Borno states was one of the active hands in his administration.
“Retired AIG Dega served with me here, and this is someone who has retired but is not tired and was very active.
So, for him to have been murdered in the manner they did, a retired AIG gunned down. This is very sad,” he said.
