A Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Christopher Dega, has been shot dead.

Mr Dega, a retired police officer, was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

According to reports, the retired AIG was shot in the chest several times and bled to death.

AIG Dega had a brilliant career in the Nigeria Police Force and was twice Commissioner of Police in Borno and Edo States.

He hailed from Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue state.