The Special Adviser on Special Duties to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Mr. Joseph Ikyaagba, was on Monday, June 6, arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Makurdi, for the gruesome murder of his colleague, Denen Igbana, a Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Special Security on May 20, 2016.
Igbana, before his demise, was a retired Police Inspector, who was ruthlessly shot and killed by some notorious gunmen at his home in Tionsha, Makurdi.
The police has arrested the prime suspect, Joseph Ikyaagba and seven others, over the killing.
However, Ghana Akwaya, another kingpin in the case, who has been terrorizing citizens in Benue State, is still at large.
Ikyaagba, was trailed by unknown gunmen to his residence in Tionsha village, Makurdi, while returning from work. It was also disclosed, that the deceased before his demise mouthed that Joseph Ikyaagba, was his killer as revealed by the chairman of the vigilante group in the region.
