Reports emanating from Benue indicate that gunmen on Wednesday shot and killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr. Baba Ibrahim, who was a member of Task Force on Cattle Rustling in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area, Benue State.
This was disclosed by the Benue State command Public Relations Officer, Austin Ezeani, who said the murdered ASP was on a special assignment from Abuja, Punch reports.
Ezeani added that Ibrahim was heading a team of officers set up to unravel alleged cattle rustling in the area.
According to the PPRO, some hoodlums, riding in a red Toyota car, opened fire on the van conveying Ibrahim and other team members as they made their way into the main motor park in Katsina-Ala.
He said Ibrahim was later confirmed dead at an undisclosed hospital while the other officers were receiving treatment in the hospital.
Ezeani however noted that the command was on the trail of the assailants but expressed concern that the firearms were now in the hands of criminals, who had continued to kill innocent people.
In a related development, Unidentified gunmen on Monday, killed a local coordinator for the governorship campaign of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the governor-elect of Kaduna state.
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