Unknown assailants kill humanitarian worker in Benue

Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Gunmen have killed a humanitarian worker, Chris Terfa-Ikpu, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. 

 The Executive Director of a non-governmental organisation known as Concerned Youth Development Initiative, was shot d£ad by the assailants who traced him to his office located around the Logo area of Makurdi on Friday, August 9, 2024. 

 A source who claimed to be close to the deceased and identified himself as Stanley Chimin, told journalists in Makurdi on Saturday that the victim had been away from the state for a while but returned during the week and decided to go to his office.

 According to another source, the assailants forced themselves into the office after they shot the security man on duty. 

 “On arrival, the gunmen asked for Terfa’s whereabouts, but one of his workers led them to his office,” the source said. 

 Family members were said to have rushed the victim to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

The corpse was said to have been deposited at the morgue of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital,  Makurdi