Reverend David Memeh, 71, has been assasinated by unknown gunmen at his Government Reservation Area residence in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Late Rev. Memeh who worshipped at the Foursquare Gospel was shot twice after the suspected assassins forcefully gained entrance into his residence. As stated by reportss, the gunmen did not take anything from the residence except the cell phones of the victim and his wife. Wife of the victim, Deaconess Alice, said her husband begged for life before he was shot. She said the killers broke into their apartment through the window in her husband's room but that her husband fled to her room. Alice who spoke amidst tears said the two killers slapped her husband severally before they dragged him to kill. She said: "I ran out after I heard gunshot for them to kill me but the killers have left. We were only three at home and they overpowered us." “My husband is dead. I will appreciate if government arrest the killers.”
