Gunmen kill monarch in Nasarawa

Linus Oota, LafiaUnknown gunmen Friday night stormed Odu, community, Nasarawa LG area of Nasarawa State where they caused panic and shot the traditional ruler, Mr. Amos Ewa Obere (ASP Rtd) to death.Odu community is in Udege Development Area of Nasarawa Local Government Council of Nasarawa State.The traditional leader, who sustained serious injury in his stomach as a result of the gunshot, was rushed to Mararaba Udege General Hospital, for medical attention, but he gave up the ghost along the line.Late Amos Ewa Obere, was a retired ASP of Police, who until his death was the ward head of his community and other sorounding villages.An eyewitness told our correspondent that the unknown gunmen who stormed the community in large number, shot sporadically to scare the people of the community, before committing the atrocity.Read Also:Nasarawa former Information Commissioner dies at 62When they stormed the community, they went straight to the palace and dragged the traditional ruler out and told him that your days on earth are finished, then they fired bullets on him.Before people could rush down to know what was happening, they ran away he said.The pioneer chairman of NUJ in Nasarawa State, Mr Joel Ogapa, who hails from the area, confirmed the incident which he described as unfortunate.He equally described the insecurity in Nasarawa local government area as alarming, saying I have not been home in the last two years due to high level of insecurity.The chairman of Nasarawa LG, Mohammed Otto and Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rahman Nansel, couldnt be reached for comment because their numbers were both switched off.
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