Ex Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Angwe, shot in Benue vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the professor of law, who is in a critical but stable condition, was accosted by the armed men in a Toyota Corolla car, also known as ‘dog yash’, at a filling station in the Gyado Junction area of the town.
“They approached him and wanted to force him into their own vehicle and probably take him away but I think he sensed that they wanted to kidnap him; so he engaged them in a fight.
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