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THE All Progressives Congress has called on the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies to fish out the killers of Philip Shekwo, the Chairman of the party in Nasarawa State.
Shekwo was reportedly kidnapped from his residence along Kurikyo Road, Bukan Sidi, in Lafia at about 11pm on Saturday, and later found dead, on Sunday, not far from the same residence.
In a statement titled, ‘APC To Police: Fish Out Killers of Nasarawa APC Chairman…Party Mourns’, signed by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, the party said the sponsors and perpetrators of the heinous and barbaric crime must be made to face the full weight of the law.
It said, “The APC urges the Police and other relevant security services to fish out the killers of the Party’s Nasarawa State Chairman, Mr. Philip Shekwo who was reportedly abducted from his residence in Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday night and found dead on Sunday. This is a dark day for the APC family.
“The APC condoles with the late Shekwo’s immediate family, the Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, the State Working Committee, and our supporters and members over this shocking killing.
“We urge a thorough investigation by the police and other relevant security services to quickly fish out the sponsors and perpetrators of this evil, heinous and barbaric crime and made to face the full weight of the law.”
