Gunmen have assassinated Hon. Ejeh Udeh, a prominent Idoma politician and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the early hours of Monday.
The attack took place around midnight at his residence in Ugboju, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. Eyewitnesses said the assailants, who arrived on motorcycles, ambushed Udeh as he entered his compound and shot him at close range. His body has been deposited at the Otukpo morgue.
Hon. Udeh, reported to be the brother of a former local government chairman, was a well-known political figure in the Idoma nation.
The killing has plunged Ugboju and the wider Otukpo community into mourning, with residents describing his death as a devastating loss.
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