By Valentine Amanze
A top official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) in Benue State, Inspector Joseph Ochogwu, has been assassinated by gunmen suspected to be of Fulani herdsmen.
Ochogwu is an Idoma man from Benue South senatorial zone, according to a statement by Ekunola Gbenga, the
Media Assistant to the Commandant General.
Besides, the Commandant of Corps in the state, Mr. Isah Kamilu Ado, confirmed the killing during the handing over of over 460 cows belonging to Fulani herdsmen that were impounded by the Livestock Guards for violating the anti-grazing law of the state.
Ado further disclosed that Inspector Ochogwu was killed in Guma Local Government Area in his line of duty, a fortnight ago.
The NSCDC chief disclosed that already, an investigation panel had been set up to unravel the dastardly murder of the gallantly officer whose corpse, he said, had been deposited in the mortuary awaiting burial on April 30 this year.
He disclosed that the North Central Zonal Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Danladi Ciroma, was cooperating with the Corps to apprehend the perpetrators for possible prosecution.
Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Ciroma, who also confirmed the killing of the NSCDC officer, said Ochogwu was murdered while trying to ensure peace in the state.
