Yayough Aondoakaa, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State has been killed.
Aondoakaa was reportedly killed by some gunmen suspected to be assassins, residents have said.
He was killed on Friday at the Wannune Market, throwing residents into fear and confusion.
Some eyewitnesses in the community said the killers invaded the market on motorcycles and asked questions about Aondoakaa’s whereabouts.
Once they found the former PDP chairman, the assailants shot at him at close range before driving out of the market.
According to the residents, this was not the first time such an attempt had been made on Aondoakaa’s life.
Last year, it was gathered that his wife was killed in a failed attempt to assassinate the former PDP chairman.