The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has vowed that he will arrest
those that assassinated his aide, describing the ugly incident as not
just sad but a deliberate ploy to destabilise his administration.
Unknown gunmen had in the early hours of Sunday, invaded the
residence of the Principal Special Assistant to the governor on
Knowledge Economy and Investment, Dr. Tavershima Adyorough, shot and
killed him.
His wife was also shot but she is receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Makurdi.
However, returning from China during a vacation to inspect industrial
equipment, Ortom while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja
said the killing of his aide is a dastardly act, that must be
investigated with a view to unravelling the killers.
“My aide was killed, I feel so sad. While I was away, I received the
sad news about the brutal assassination of my personal aide, someone who
is very close to me, Dr. Tavershima Adyorough.He worked with me while I served as the Minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. He was my assistant and I found him worthy when I
won election,” he said.“He is someone who was knowledgeable and well learned and for him to
have been assassinated at this time in the history of state and country
where we need people with broad knowledge to support us to succeed in
our hard times.“I feel very sad and this is something I am not going to take
lightly, I have already spoken with security agencies; they should fish
out the killers because this cannot be allowed to continue,” Ortom
stated.
Daily Post.