An acting Permanent Secretary in Benue State, Serker Akaa, on Monday, was burnt to death alongside his wife and two children in an inferno that gutted their house in Makurdi.
It was gathered that the incident occured at about 2:00 am at their residence in Kwararafa Quarters of Makurdi metropolis.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident said that the cause of the fire was yet to be known.
“The corpse of the deceased government official and three of his family members who died in the fire have been recovered by the police and deposited at a hospital morgue,” she said.
Until his death, the deceased worked in the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Benue State.
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