Gunmen kill ex-Benpoly Deputy Rector, Enenche along Otukpo-Ugbokolo road

Gunmen have murdered, Oche Enenche, a former Deputy Rector of the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics, Oche Enenche.

Enenche was shot dead by the criminal gangs tormenting motorists and commuters on the busy Otukpo-Eke-Ugbokolo-Otukpa highway.

The former Deputy Rector was reportedly killed by gunmen on Friday evening while on his way back to Ugbokolo from Otukpo in the company of his wife.

According to a lecturer in the institution, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the deceased had travelled in his car to Otukpo town with the wife for a private engagement, and it was while on the way back to Ugbokolo on Friday around 4 pm that they ran into an ambush by the armed men who have been attacking motorists on that road almost regularly.

“From what we gathered, he drove into the gunmen and they flagged him down. And they didn’t waste a minute, as he was stopping they shot and killed him.

“They also made attempt to kidnap his wife but because the security personnel who were not too far away from the point of the incident rushed to where the gunshots came from, the armed men on sighting the approaching military personnel fled into the bush abandoning the woman.

“I must tell you that the murder of the Enenche is one too many on that road. Only a few months ago we also lost another lecturer to a similar incident aside from the numerous travellers that ply that road that has either been killed, kidnapped or shot at by these gunmen.”