Police In Benue Arrest Six Suspects in Connection With Killing Of Tersoo Ahu, APC Ward Chairman

The police in Benue have arrested six suspects in connection with the killing of Tersoo Ahu, an APC ward chairman in Gboko local government area of the state. 

The spokesman, DSP Catherine Anene told journalists on Wednesday in Makurdi that the Makurdi Zonal Headquarters of the police would conduct further investigation into killing. Ahu was allegedly murdered on February 7 by persons who claimed to be members of a faction of the party. The deceased was attacked during the training of ward supervisors and polling unit officers for the ongoing APC's registration and revalidation exercise. Anene said Ahu's assailants hit his head with a piece of wood and he died in a hospital thereafter while several persons also sustained injuries during the attack. The suspects were allegedly aggrieved that the venue by the factions.