72-year-old ex Court of Appeal President killed in Benue

• Igbeta was found dead on Thursday night in one of her rooms.
• It’s gathered that she was discovered in a pool of her blood with her body already decomposing.

A former Customary Court of Appeal President, Mrs Margaret Igbeta has been assassinated.

The 72-year-old former justice was killed in her residence located at Wantor Kwange Street in Makurdi metropolis, Benue state.

Her residence is located opposite Benue State University College of Medicine, along Gboko road, Makurdi.

Igbeta was found dead on Thursday night in one of her rooms. It’s gathered that she was discovered in a pool of her blood with her body already decomposing.

According to reports on Friday, the state of her residence and the gruesomeness of her killing indicated that she was murdered by assassins.

The late Judge’s blood was spilled all over her house.

As of the time of this report, her assassins are yet to be identified by security agents but her body has been evacuated from her residence on the orders of Benue State Police Command.

Morners and sympathizers have besieged the premises to have a glimpse of her body after the reports of her death was made public. .

A Police officer who spoke with select journalists in Makurdi, confirmed her death but said it is suspected that the killing might have been earlier than when it was reported, given the state of the corpse.

“Yes, it’s true. Yesterday, Thursday her lifeless body was discovered in her house but the corpse was not looking too good again meaning that it couldn’t have happened yesterday; maybe a day before yesterday, Wednesday.”