Benue State Lecturer And Politician Assassinated In Front Of His Wife.

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Aondosoo Winifred Tondo, a lecturer at the University of Mkar, Gboko, Benue State, was murdered in the early hours of yesterday, at his house located within the University staff quarters.

Reports have it that four gunmen stormed his house at about 4 am and shot him in front of his wife. He was nursing an ambition to contest for the chairmanship position of Buruku LGA. The gunmen didn’t take anything away from the house after the operation.

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