Suspect apprehended in brutal murder of Benue professor

By Emmanuel Antswen

The Police Command in Benue has arrested a suspect in connection with the death of Prof. Gabriel Nyityo, and his younger brother, John Nyityo.

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Udeme Edet, said that the brothers killed on Wednesday at their Makurdi residence around Adaka Community.

Before his death, Prof. Nyityo was a lecturer in the Department of History at Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi,

Edet said operatives of the Delta Patrol Team, alongside Operation Python personnel, found the bodies of Prof. Gabriel Saawua Nyityo, 58, and his younger brother, Iorngee John Nyityo, 19, at the scene.

“The team of Delta Patrol alongside Python, while on patrol, received a distress call along the Adaka axis. On getting there, they saw two dead bodies killed by some unknown gunmen. One Prof. Gabriel Saawua Nyityo, male, 58 years, and his younger brother, Iorngee John Nyityo, male, 19 years,” she said.

Edet said the police had arrested one suspect, an indigene of Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, in connection with the killings. She added that investigations were ongoing to apprehend other suspects involved in the crime.

“Investigation is still ongoing to get the remaining suspects,” the police spokesperson said.

She assured that further details would be made available as investigations progress. Also, a top executive member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the institution, said the assailants reportedly gained entry into the house through a window before carrying out the attack and fleeing the scene.

NAN