A Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board, Mr Solomon Akeweje has been killed by gunmen.
The Gunmen also abducted the Chairman of Yagba West Local Government , Mr Pius Kolawole.
The Spokesman of the Kogi State Police Command, William Aya, confirmed the development in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja.
Aya said the commissioner and the Council Chairman were travelling in the same vehicle when they were attacked.
He said that the police command received the report of the attack at about 4:30 p.m. on May 1 and immediately moved to the scene of the incident.
The spokesman said that the victims were attacked at Eruku, a border community between Kwara and Kogi State.
According to him, Akeweje and Kolawole were travelling back to Egbe from Kwara State when they were attacked by gunmen.
The whereabouts of Kolawole was unknown , however,, the driver of the vehicle survived the attack while the corpse of Akeweje was deposited at the morgue of ECWA Hospital in Egbe.
