Delta Lawmaker, Adjekpovu Dies After Being Shot By Suspected Herdsmen

Hon Ochuko Jude Adjekpovu

The councillor representing Ward 5 in the Ethiope East Legislative Arm, Hon Ochuko Jude Adjekpovu, has passed.

Adjekpou died a week after he was shot by gunmen suspected to be killer Fulani herdsmen, along the Eku/Abraka road in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State.

He was shot by gunmen on his way back from a function.

Hon. Ochuko Jude Adjekpovu reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 16, in a private hospital in Warri, where he was receiving treatment.