My wife’s death, case of armed robbery, not assassination — Aghanya

A retired commissioner of police, Ibezimako Aghanya, yesterday ruled out assassination in the murder of his wife, Eunice, saying armed robbers were possible perpetrators of the dastardly act.

The late Eunice was found dead in her home on Friday, with a deep cut on her head, as well as traces of blood on her windows.

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But her husband, a former commissioner of police in Benue and Kogi states respectively, said the incident was purely a case of broad daylight robbery.

Aghanya, who received Governor Samuel Ortom and other top government officials at his residence in Makurdi, added that his late wife may have returned home to meet her killers, who might have panicked and killed her to conceal their identities.

“It was not a case of hired assassination. Somebody or some persons had broken into the house to steal when she suddenly entered and saw whom she probably recognised. So she was killed to conceal evidence. It was a broad daylight robbery,” he said.

The retired police commissioner believes her wife’s killers would have entered the house through the ceiling.

While condoling the bereaved family, Governor Ortom described the incident as very condemnable and urged all Benue people to be their brothers’ keepers by being vigilant and swiftly reporting suspicious movements to security agencies for immediate action.

Meanwhile, the police in the state have confirmed that one person was arrested in connection with the incident.