Body of Nasarawa APC chairman found death meters from his resident- Police
Francis Nansak,Lafia
Few hours into when the police confirmed that heavily armed gun men stormed the resident of the All Progressive Congress,Chairman ,Mr Philip Tatare Shakwo on Saturday night and took him to an unknown destination.
The liveless body had been discovered 20 meters away from his resident from the house.
The police commissioner,Barrister Bola Longe, was at the resident of the deceased and confirmed that after intensed deployment and search operation,the body of Mr Shekwo,was found liveless,with wound of gun shots.
Confirming the ugly incident,the CP ,Bola longe,said the circumstances that led to the death of the APC chairman shows that it was not all about kidnapping, but that his murderer are hired assassin’s who were not just in the resident to kidnap him for money ventures .
The CP said” from what we have seen since yesterday and the intensity of bullet marked on the wall of the house and the forceful gaining of entrance into the house, inresistably proved that it was much more than Kidnapping.
” And where we found his body, near his house,normally when kidnapping is carried out it is for profit making,but this has shown that within a twinkling of an eye the man was killed,no demand was made whatsoever.
” So I believed it was assassination,but that not withstanding,we are going to carry out exhaustive investigation that will give us a clue to what has actually happened,for now I believed it was assassination” The CP said.
The Authority report that,governor Sule, senator Al-Makura,the speaker of the state Assembly, Balarabe Ibrahim, some top government functionaries, politicians ,were among first callers to the resident of the deceased APC chairman,to condole with the family, especially the mother to the late Philip Tatare Shekwo on Sunday.
