Prominent Benue businessman abducted, killed

Four days after he was abducted, the body of the Managing Director of Our Choice Water Company, Makurdi, Benue State, Edwin Okechukwu, was recovered on Saturday.
The state police command said the body was recovered at the High Level Roundabout area of the city, with no injuries or visible signs of torture on the corpse.
Okechukwu was abducted on Tuesday on his way to work.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), John Bako, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), confirmed the development.
He said detectives “are investigating the abduction and eventual death in the hands of his abductors”.