By George Okoh
The Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom, vowed yesterday to bring the killers of Mr. Terkura Suswam, elder brother to the Senator representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Senator Gabriel Suswam, to justice.
Ortom said his administration would give security operatives maximum support to ensure that the killers of Terkura are arrested and made to face the consequences of their action.
The governor, in a press statement signed yesterday by his Press Secretary, Mr. Terver Akase, stressed that his administration would not surrender Benue to criminals, and assured that killers and kidnapers operating in Sankera axis of the state would not go unpunished.
MAKURDI – The Benue Government has placed N5m bounty on any useful information that would lead to the arrest of the killers of late Dr Terkula Suswam.
Gov. Samuel Ortom made this known to newsmen after the Expanded Security Council meeting in Makurdi on Thursday. Ortom also said that the council also declared total war against criminals in the state.
NAN recalls that late Suswam was killed along with his aide, Mr Solomon Utanor, on Monday evening in front of ELOHIM PLAZA, beside Ashi Polytechnic, located opposite his personal residence in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased was the immediate elder brother to Sen. Gabriel Suswam, the immediate past governor of Benue.
Benue State Police Command has ordered an immediate investigation into the murder of Chief Terkura Suswam, an elder brother to ex-governor of the state, Senator Gabriel Suswam. Chief Suswam was assassinated on Tuesday evening at his hometown, Anyiin, in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. Zamfara imposes curfew on Jangebe, shuts markets aiding bandits […]
Benue Imposes Curfew On Three Local Government Areas, Puts N5million Bounty On Suswam s Killers
The affected areas are Logo, Ukum, and Katsina-Ala LGAs where security agencies have in recent times beamed their searchlight in a bid to curb the menace of banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery, among other security challenges.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 04, 2021
Following the gruesome assassination of Chief Tekura Suswam, elder brother of former Governor Gabriel Suswam, the Benue State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on three local government areas of the state as part of measures to curb criminal activities in the vicinity.
The affected areas are Logo, Ukum, and Katsina-Ala LGAs where security agencies have in recent times beamed their searchlight in a bid to curb the menace of banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery, among other security challenges.