The Benue State Internal Revenue Service has accused Military operatives of killing a Senior Inspector of Taxes in its employ, Sixtus Terfa Akure, in Makurdi, the state capital.
The Executive Chairman of the BIRS, Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, levelled the allegation in a statement she issued on Sunday.
According to Adzape-Orubibi, the Service was still in pain and shock over the alleged abduction, torture, death and dumping of Akure’s body by the roadside by the military personnel who took him away from his duty post at about 11pm on Saturday.
She said she has since made a formal report to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on the atrocities of the military personnel, which she revealed has become a regular occurrence.
She said in the statement: “I have received with deep shock and pain, the sad news of the brutal murder of one of my staff, Sixtus Terfa Akure, who until his death was a Senior Inspector of Taxes.
“Unconfirmed sources indicate that the late Sixtus was whisked away last night by military personnel in what has become a regular occurrence, and his mangled body was found early hours of today around Aper Aku Estate by the road side.
“I am understandably deeply pained by his death. And the circumstances under which he died.
“As a service we condemn this in the strongest terms possible. We offer our deepest condolences to the immediate family of this young man who paid the supreme price in service to the State.
“I want to assure all staff of the service that we will leave no stone unturned in getting to the rock bottom of this matter. The perpetrators will be brought to justice no matter what it takes.
“I have since made a formal report to Governor Ortom who has not only offered his condolences but has already given assurances that the state government will never abdicate its responsibility to protect citizens and residents of the state.”
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