Centre condemns alleged killing of 70-year-old man in Benue

Centre condemns alleged killing of 70-year-old man in Benue

AHMED UBANDOMA FROM NEWS DIARY

The National Senior Citizens Centre(NSCC) has condemned a recent incident in  Ihwakar Kumekor Dam in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, where a 70-year- old man was buried alive.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Corporate Communications of the centre, Mr Omini Oden in Abuja.

Dr Emem Omokaro, the Director-General of the NSCC, said the act was alleged to have been carried out by some suspected youths in Mbatue Ward of the council Area.

Omokaro described the act as abominable, and a height of human right violation that must not be allowed to go unpunished.

The d-g however commended the Nigeria Police and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters, for the timely intervention, which saw the immediate arrest of the suspects.

She therefore assured Nigerians that the centre would continue to…

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