The chairman of Shade Owners Association, Zaki Biam Yam Market has been killed by unknown gunmen in the late hours of Monday at his residence situated at Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
The deceased identified as Tavershima Achinge was shot dead by unknown gunmen as they invade his residence in Benue state.
They followed him home. They came into the house few minutes he had returned from work and shot him at close range. They shot sporadically into the air to scare people away as that they would be able to escape freely. We met the lifeless body of Achinge lying in pool of blood by the time they (gunmen) have gone, a family source who prefers being anonymous told newsmen.
The remains of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of a private hospital in Zaki Biam.
Confirming the incident, the caretaker chairman of Ukum local government, Torchioka Ibenimo, called on security men to ensure that the perpetrators were apprehended.
Spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command , DSP Catherine Anene, also confirmed the incident.
A friend of the deceased Denen Achussah, recalled how late Achinge once complained of harrasment, intimidation and threats by unknown persons and express his bitter anger over the killings via his facebook platform.
“Adieu Tavershima Achinge
I can’t resign to the frustrating sigh of blaming God when those sons-of-a-bitch sniff life out of you. They will know no peace. The last time I was in Zaki -Biam, you told me that you are no longer interested in the affairs of Zaki Biam Yam Market; that it was better to live a peaceful life with your family rather than continue to bear the harrasment, intimidation and threats. I respected your view when you politely turned down my request for comments. I was on a return visit, two years after the 2017 attack on Zaki Biam Yam Market. Yesterday, Monday, 5th August, 2019, I read with rude shock, while going through my Facebook page that you are felled by bullets of assasins; the bullets you were apparently scared of. It did not occur to me that in less than a month’s time (after my visit) you will be killed in such a barbaric manner. What is your crime? The market? But you did let it go! They’ve killed your body and not your spirit. Adieu!”