Gunmen kill notorious criminal

Governor Simon Bako Lalong’s deputy Chief of Staff, Barrister Yusuf Gambo Hawaja has died.

Hawaja slumped in his home yesterday afternoon and died before he could reach A body, Kogi State Integrity Group (KIG), yesterday raised the alarm over alleged activities of some individuals parading themselves as leaders of the group in Abuja and warned them to desist from the act.

The state Chairman of the group, Barrister Zaccheus Dare Michael, who addressed a press conference in Lokoja, said the group currently inaugurated chapters across the 21 local government areas of the state but was yet to The National Population Commission (NPC) will today commence the third phase of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in Anambra state ahead of the national population and housing census exercise slated for next year. The Federal Commissioner representing Anambra State, Prof. Chika Moore, who disclosed this in the Bingham University Teaching hospital in Jos where he was being taken to.

The late deputy chief of staff who had been suffering from pneumonia for a while, was 54 and is survived by a wife and four children. extend its activities to any other part of the country.

The group commended Governor Yahaya Bello for working to create jobs through skills acquisition programmes, urged other leaders like Senator Dino Melaye not to quarrel with the governor unduly, and said the recent award the governor received from the Inspector General of Police as the best governor on security matters should be consolidated through unflinching support from all and sundry.

Unknown gunmen at the weekend killed a suspected notorious criminal famously known as Wicked Chief and dumped his body along Buruku road in Yandev metropolis of Gboko local government area of Benue State.

Daily Trust deceased had reports been that the terrorizing residents of Gboko town and adjourning rural communities for a very long time.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, confirmed that the police received a report about a corpse found along the road in Yandev and swiftly removed it.

Yamu said it was after the removal of the corpse that it was identified as Wicked Chief, adding that the body had machete cuts in it, suggesting that he was hacked to death by his assailants.

“Information was received that an unidentified corpse was found lying along Buruku road in Yandev. Detectives arrived the scene and recovered the corpse which was later identified as one Wilfred Ahambee Torkuma, alias Wicked Chief, with machete cuts in his hands and legs,” he said.