Benue: How University Lecturer Allegedly Hired Assassins To Kill ASUU Chairman’s Wife – Police

The Benue State Police Command has apprehended Ichor Tersagh Smart, a lecturer at Joseph Sawuaan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), over his alleged involvement in the attempted murder of Mrs. Susan Anyagh, the wife of the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the same institution.

In a statement made available to journalists on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Anene Sewuese Catherine, the command explained that on December 7, it received a report that the victim was “kidnapped along Otukpo road, Makurdi and taken hostage in her car that was being driven to an unknown destination”.

The PPRO said upon the receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Benue State command, CP Steve H. Yabanet immediately ordered all patrol officers and check points to ensure the rescue of the victim and arrest of persons involved.

According to the PPRO, “at about 1300hrs” another information was received along Yandev-Ugbema road, stating that the said victim was attacked by her abductors and left unconscious by the road side.