My Wife Was Killed By Burglars, Not Assassins — Ex-Benue CP

Ibezimako Aghanya, a former commissioner of police, says his
wife, Eunice, was killed by burglars and not hired assassins as
being speculated.

Aghanya said this on Monday when Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue
state, paid him a condolence visit at his residence in Makurdi.

The deceased was reportedly murdered in her home on Friday
evening by unknown assailants.

She was said to have returned home on Friday evening at about
4pm and parked her car in the compound.

Her husband, who lives in Lagos, reportedly tried to reach her
that evening to no avail.

He then called his younger brother who also lives in Makurdi to
check on his wife.

On getting there, his brother is said to have found her in a
pool of blood, while there were several cuts on her head.

The former CP said his wife’s last communication with any family
member was on Friday around 12:30pm.

He said it was evident that those who attacked his wife were
burglars who probably knew her very well, and therefore killed her
to cover up any trace.

He added that as a retired police commissioner with vast
experience in security, he believed that the killers were not
assassins but thieves who came to rob her.

“I believe that someone came into the house to steal and when
she came back into the house and met the person, the person
probably knew her very well and decided to kill her to cover all
evidence,” he said.

“It is not a case of hired assassins. It is not related to the
work I did here 18 years ago as CP. My wife is a strong woman who
always refused police escort even when I was CP.”

He also pointed out that insecurity was not peculiar to Benue,
and that each state has its peculiar security situation.

On his part, Ortom condemned the killing, and described the
deceased as a lively woman who — from what he knew about her — had
no issue or controversy with anyone.

The governor said his administration will support security
agencies with everything possible to ensure that those who carried
out the gruesome murder were apprehended.

He also appealed to the federal government to urgently resolve
the issues between the police service commission and
inspector-general of police, so that the presidential directive on
the employment of 10,000 personnel yearly will materialise.

“We need security personnel. Our population has overgrown the
ones on the ground. But in the interim, let our people be our
brother’s keepers,” he added.

Ibezimako Aghanya, a former commissioner of police, says his
wife, Eunice, was killed by burglars and not hired assassins as
being speculated.

Aghanya said this on Monday when Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue
state, paid him a condolence visit at his residence in Makurdi.

The deceased was reportedly murdered in her home on Friday
evening by unknown assailants.

She was said to have returned home on Friday evening at about
4pm and parked her car in the compound.

Her husband, who lives in Lagos, reportedly tried to reach her
that evening to no avail.

He then called his younger brother who also lives in Makurdi to
check on his wife.

On getting there, his brother is said to have found her in a
pool of blood, while there were several cuts on her head.

The former CP said his wife’s last communication with any family
member was on Friday around 12:30pm.

He said it was evident that those who attacked his wife were
burglars who probably knew her very well, and therefore killed her
to cover up any trace.

He added that as a retired police commissioner with vast
experience in security, he believed that the killers were not
assassins but thieves who came to rob her.

“I believe that someone came into the house to steal and when
she came back into the house and met the person, the person
probably knew her very well and decided to kill her to cover all
evidence,” he said.

“It is not a case of hired assassins. It is not related to the
work I did here 18 years ago as CP. My wife is a strong woman who
always refused police escort even when I was CP.”

He also pointed out that insecurity was not peculiar to Benue,
and that each state has its peculiar security situation.

On his part, Ortom condemned the killing, and described the
deceased as a lively woman who — from what he knew about her — had
no issue or controversy with anyone.

The governor said his administration will support security
agencies with everything possible to ensure that those who carried
out the gruesome murder were apprehended.

He also appealed to the federal government to urgently resolve
the issues between the police service commission and
inspector-general of police, so that the presidential directive on
the employment of 10,000 personnel yearly will materialise.

“We need security personnel. Our population has overgrown the
ones on the ground. But in the interim, let our people be our
brother’s keepers,” he added.