The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Sylvanus Namang, has been reportedly murdered
Report stated that Mr Namang was killed along with another person by assailants on Saturday at a relaxation centre in Pankshin, in the Pankshin Local Government Area of the state.
The assailants abducted the other person whose dead body was later discovered along a road in the area.
Plateau State Chairman of the party, Rufus Bature, confirmed Namang’s death to Channels Television on phone.
Bature described Namang’s death as gruesome and unfortunate, saying it has thrown the party and family members into mourning.
It has not been ascertained what could be the motive of the assailants who targeted the party’s publicity secretary who was in company of friends at the social centre.
The Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, Alfred Alabo, when contacted, said he was in a meeting and could not respond to inquiries on the matter.
The late publicity secretary was a journalist who later became General Manager of Plateau State Publishing Company.
