A Senior Adviser to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Security, Christopher Dega, was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Mr Dega was confirmed dead by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase.
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Before his retirement from the police, Mr Dega had served as commissioner of police in Borno and Edo states.
Mr Dega’s killing occurred few days after the murder of a former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak.
Mr Gulak, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was shot dead on Saturday night by some gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.
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