Matthew Uyina, Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Internal Affairs and Special Services, who said this in a statement Monday in Makurdi, noted that the decision was taken by the Benue Security Council.
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It will be recalled that Gana was shot dead by soldiers while heading to the Benue State Government House in Makurdi after he was offered amnesty by the government.
Gana, a notorious criminal who embraced the state government’s amnesty programme, was killed in controversial circumstance on Tuesday by soldiers.
It will be recalled that the Nigerian Army confirmed that it killed Gana, though the circumstances remain in dispute, with his widow shedding more light on the issue.
The Commander, 4 Special Forces Command, Doma, Nasarawa State, Major General Moundhey Ali, told newsmen on Tuesday that Gana was killed at a roadblock mounted by the Army along Gbese-Gboko-Makurdi Road following exchange of gunfire
According to available information, Gana was shot dead as he was being driven to the Benue State Government House as part of a convoy of repentant criminals
The Commissioner for Information, Lawrence Onoja, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi after the State Security Council meeting.
The accused person, in a statement to the police, claimed that her husband used charm on her, which hypnotised her into marrying him
The police, while parading 19 suspects arrested with the killing of 17 people in Zaki Biam, said they recovered a lot of arms from a secret underground armoury of Akwaza, in the deep forest, in an operation jointly conducted with the military and the Department of State Services
Dr. Bem Meladu, the acting Secretary to the State Government, who addressed journalists at the end of the Security Council meeting, said the actions of Akwaza showed that he had renounced the amnesty granted him