Chukwu Odiahu, an Engineering staff of the Nigerian Television Authority NTA has been reportedly stoned to death in Okene, Kogi State by yet to be identified assailants.
The late Odiahu who worked at NTA booster station in Okene, was stoned to death on Tuesday evening after he closed from work.
His corpse was discovered on Wednesday morning by some sfaff of the station who expresses shock over the incident
A staff of NTA in Okene while confirming the incident said: “It is very unfortunate we all woke up this morning to see the death of one of our colleagues under the engineering department.
“When we closed transmission around 10pm on Tuesday, he left the office premises.
While the police has commence investigation ,all the staff on duty have been invited for interrogation
“Odiahu is a gentleman who is committed to his duty.
“He died a horrible death.”
Meanwhile , the Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of Chukwu Odiahu, a staff of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA in Okene Local Government Area, LGA of the State.
The police said the victim was murdered in circumstances that were still unclear.
Spokesman of the command, DSP William Ayah confirmed the death on Wednesday evening.
According to him, information got to the command that an unidentified corpse was discovered along Okene-Magogo road at about 6.30am.
Ayah stated that when the Okene division visited the scene, it was discovered that the dead man was a staff of Nigeria Television Authority, Okene.
He added that when the body was examined, it was discovered to have been bruised and had blood stains all over.
Ayah said the corpse had since been deposited at a mortuary in Okengwe hospital while investigation continued to unravel and arrest those behind the crime
