{
  "id": 11053088,
  "title": "Hoodlums kill Benue NDC chair",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/hoodlums-kill-benue-ndc-chair",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T23:20:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/hoodlums-kill-benue-ndc-chair/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Fiidi Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Igbu Terhemen, has been killed. According to Daily Trust, Terhemen was attacked at about 2:00am by suspected hoodlums.\n\nHe was allegedly tied with ropes, injected with substances suspected to be poisonous and abandoned near his residence. Terhemen was reportedly found in an almost unconscious state, unable to speak or communicate, before he eventually died.\n\nThe Punch reports that suspected hoodlums killed him, while Daily Trust adds that Terhemen had left his residence on Tuesday evening to watch a local football match but did not return home. His phone was discovered on him when he was taken to the morgue, and there was a needle-like injury on his body.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Hoodlums kill Benue NDC chair",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/hoodlums-kill-benue-ndc-chair-11054568",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:28:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}