The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has condemned in strong terms, the gruesome murder of a Benue State -born legal practitioner based in Gusau, Zamfara State by terrorists.
He called on his Zamfara State counterpart, Governor Bello Matawalle to direct security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of Barrister Azza and bring them to book to serve as deterrent to others.
According to family sources of the Benue-born legal practiotioner, on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 at about 10:30 am, the killers broke into the lawyer’s home in Saminaka Area, Gusau beside the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) headquarters bypass.
It was further revealed that, sensing danger, the Barrister Azza who was at alert attempted to escape from his killers but was overpowered and shot several times before he finally died from the gunshot wounds.
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A statement by the Benue State Governor’s chief press secretary Nathaniel Ikyur blamed the inability of the APC led Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians to the current spate of killing of Nigerians.
“I have said it before and I will repeat again. The Federal Government must urgently convene a national security summit to end these senseless killings. “
“It is obvious that this Federal Government does not want to secure the lives of Nigerians. This is the reason why innocent Nigerians who go about their legitimate businesses are killed everyday like chicken by terrorists and nothing happens to them. Nigeria has become a country where our lives don’t matter anymore,” The statement read in part.
Governor Ortom, while condoling with the family of the late lawyer also prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
