Unknown armed men have reportedly killed the Senior Special Assistant to the Benue State Governor on Security, retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Christopher Dega.
According to a family source, the retired Police Chief was on Tuesday attacked and shot several times on his chest by unknown assailants at a restaurant in Jos, the Plateau state capital where he traveled to on a private visit.
An indigene of Benue state from Shitile in Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas, AIG Dega served as Commissioner of Police in both Borno and Edo states.
He was later promoted to the rank of AIG and posted to Zone 8 Lokoja, Kogi state were he served until his retirement from service.
Regarded by many as an accomplished police officer. Left to mourn him are his wife, Kashimana, son, siblings, in-laws and friends.
Meanwhile at the time of this report, the state government was yet to issue a formal statement about his death.
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