Former Benue State Commissioner of Police, Ibezimako Abel Aghanya has explained the circumstances in which his wife, Eunice, was murdered by armed robbers a few days ago.
Aghanya who retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police ruled out assassination in the murder of his businesswoman wife in their residence in Makurdi.
Receiving the State Governor, Samuel Ortom and other top officials of government in his residence, the retired DIG ruled out assassination.
He opined that the woman was killed by robbers who were surprised she chanced in on them in the middle of their operation.
He said it was a daylight robbery around 1 pm and his wife who was unaware of any break-in walked in on the robbers,
Aghanya said he suspected that his wife must have recognised the robbers which, might have led to them killing her to prevent their being apprehended.
“It was not a case of hired assasination. Somebody or some persons had broke into the house to steal, when she suddenly entered and saw the intruder(s) whom she probably recognized. So, the intruder killed her to conceal evidence. It was a Broad day light robbery,” he said.
He showed the gpvernor and his team the holes in the ceiling where the robbers descended into the apartment.
Aghanya described the loss of his wife as painful and called on the Federal Government to recruit more police officers to combat the rising wave of crime in the country.
Governor Ortom commiserated with the bereaved and the entire family and charge Benue residents to be each other’s brother’s keeper.
“We must all be our brothers keepers. The population has overgrown and the number of police we have can no longer cope with the increasing number of people in a country of over 200 million with only 400,000 police. This is grossly inadequate,” he stated.
“President gave directive that every year, 10,000 police should be recruited. I therefore urge those who are concerned to resolve their matter because if we ever need security, it is now. With the high level of banditry, insurgency, kidnapping and so on, we need more security.”
