Plateau Local Government Chairman kidnapped and killed 2 days after sworn in

  The peNATION AL MPlateau State were yesterday thrown into mourning following the death of Mr Hosea Azi, who only two days ago was sworn in as the chairman of the council by the state Governor, Simon Lalong.

It was gathered that the LG boss who was kidnapped yesterday was killed alongside his kidnappers in a tragic motor accident along Keffi- Abuja road as his abductors were escaping with him.

A source close to the deceased said he was kid­napped at Miango road, in Kufang, Jos South Local Government Area of the state, and as they escaped with him, their car had an accident near Keffi in Nasarawa State, killing Azi and some of his abductors.

The state Police Pub­lic Relations Officer, Abuh Emmanuel, con­firmed the development, but added that he was waiting for detailed in­formation from the DPO in charge of the area.

Another family source said two of the suspects, who suffered serious injuries in the accident, confessed to the crime while receiv­ing treatment in an un­named hospital.

The spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF) on Jos crisis, Capt Ikedichi Iweha, who also confirmed the incident, simply said the deceased died in an accident around Nasarawa State on his way to Abuja.

Azi was sworn in as the transition commit­tee chairman of Jos East on Thursday by Governor Lalong after he sacked Mr. Sanda Ag­wom Daura.

The sacked council boss was one of those drafted last July to over­see Jos East LGA after the governor dissolved the 17 council executives in the state.

Sources at the Jos East Council headquarters said Daura was a victim of internal wrangling and blackmail by other committee members in the council but Lalong during the swearing-in ceremony of the new council boss yesterday said his sack was in line with the yearnings of the people and the reso­lution of the House of Assembly as mandated by law.

Source : NATIONAL MIRROR

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