Former Secretary to the Benue State Government, David
Salifu, has died after sustaining gunshot injuries during an attack by
suspected bandits along the Wukari–Makurdi road.
Salifu, who served as Secretary to the State
Government under former Governor Gabriel Suswam, was also a lecturer at the
Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State.
According to sources, the former SSG was travelling
from Wukari to Makurdi on Thursday when he encountered armed men who
intercepted his vehicle on the outskirts of Wukari.
The attackers reportedly ordered him to step out of
his vehicle and mount a motorcycle. However, after he challenged them, they
allegedly opened fire, leaving him with severe gunshot wounds.
Confirming the incident, the African Democratic
Congress (ADC) Benue South senatorial candidate and a close associate of the
deceased, David Olofu, said Salifu died in the early hours of Friday at the
Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi.
"He was a member of my campaign council and a
confidant. I learnt that he left Wukari for Benue when he encountered hoodlums
on the outskirts of Wukari," Olofu said.
"They stopped his vehicle and asked him to come
down, but the bandits shot him."
Olofu explained that Salifu was initially taken to a
teaching hospital in Wukari for emergency treatment. Due to the severity of his
injuries, arrangements were made with the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal
University, Wukari, who provided an ambulance and a medical team to transfer
him.
However, Salifu was eventually taken to the Benue
State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi, where he succumbed to his
injuries in the early hours of Friday.
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