Family narrowly escape as thugs burn down house of ex-Benue gov Hoodlums have reportedly burnt down the residence of a former Governor of Benue State, late Aper Aku, in the Gboko area of the state. The incident was said to have happened on Monday after police safely evacuated six family members from the building. A daughter of the late governor, Deborah Aku, told journalists in Makurdi that the Police rescued six of them early enough before the hoodlums burnt the house. She explained that trouble began in March after a man came to...