
Gunmen Kidnap Benue Commissioner & Three Others
The Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped.
He was kiittydnapped alongside Honourable Agbo Ode, one of his in-laws, and the driver.
It was gathered that they were kidnapped along David Marks Farm, after Akpa Otobi while on their way from Otukpo to Utonkon in the Ado Local Government Area of the state.
The commissioner was said to have attended a Church program, where Senator Abba Moro, representing Benue South Senatorial district, dedicated his newly inaugurated Campaign Council to God at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Otukpo, and was going to his village in NDEKMA, Utonkon District of Ado LGA after the Church program before meeting the unfortunate incident at about 8:45 pm on Sunday, 4th December 2022.
His official vehicle had since been recovered from the scene and taken to the Divisional Police office in Otukpo.