A Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and the Principal Senior Special Assistant on Special Security to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has been killed by gunmen in Jos.
According to reports ex-AIG, Dega Chris was shot in the chest several times until he bled to death.
Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the incident noting that it occurred on Monday night a few minutes after the victim arrived in Jos.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Egbuka told Channels Television that preliminary investigation revealed that the Retired Assistant Commissioner who left Makurdi was trailed to Jos where he was shot.