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How Gunmen Murdered Gov Ortom’s Security Aide – Police
- While still active in the police force, Dega served as commissioner in Borno and Edo state
The Plateau State police command have revealed that Christopher Dega, the security adviser to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, was trailed and killed in an ‘isolated restaurant’.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Gabriel Ubah, said Dega, a retired Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police, was shot in a restaurant at Bukuru in Jos, Plateau State.
Read also: Ortom Mourns Security Aide, Says Death A Very Sad One
Governor Ortom’s aide, Christopher Dega
“Investigations so far appeared that he was trailed and shot,” Ubah confirmed on Thursday morning.
He also disclosed that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder as an investigation has been launched.
Dega was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Wednesday.
Benue and Plateau are neighbouring states in North-central Nigeria.
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