Herdsmen Slay Benue’s Labour Party Chairman

• Herdsmen have reportedly murdered a Labour Party Chairman in Benue State.

• Ochoche was murdered alongside four others at the weekend.

• A statement by Mr. Tersoo Orbunde, the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, confirmed the incident.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen causing mayhem in Benue State have killed a Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche.

Ochoche, who was the Edikwu Ward 2 Chairman of the party in Apa Local Government Area of the state, was murdered alongside four others at the weekend.

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The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Tersoo Orbunde confirmed the incident in a statement he issued and made available to reporters on Monday.

It read: “It is with rude shock that the Benue State Secretariat of the Labour party received the news of the gruesome murder of its Chairman in Edikwu Ward 2 in Apa LGA, Nathaniel Ochoche, who was ambushed and killed by armed Fulani militia.

“Until his death, Mr. Ochoche was a consummate party man who worked assiduously hard for the growth of his community, constituency and country both in words and works.”

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