Benue: Five suspects arrested over killing of MOAUM lecturer, brother

The Vice Chancellor of Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, MOAUM, Prof. Timothy Terseer Alabar, has revealed that 5 suspects person been arrested successful transportation with the sidesplitting of a assemblage lecturer, Prof. Gabriel Saawuan Nyityo, and his younger brother, John.

Nyityo, a prof of past and erstwhile lecturer astatine Benue State University, BSU, was killed alongside his member by suspected gunmen astatine his residence successful Makurdi connected July 7, 2026.

Alabar made the disclosure successful Makurdi portion addressing journalists connected his archetypal six months successful bureau arsenic vice chancellor.

According to him, accusation obtained from information agencies showed that the 5 suspects were from Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The improvement followed the earlier apprehension announced by the Benue State Police Command of a 23-year-old suspect, Abdullahi Usman, who is besides from Awe successful Nasarawa State, implicit the incident.

The constabulary had disclosed connected July 9 that Usman was being interrogated arsenic operatives intensified efforts to place and apprehension different suspects linked to the killings.