A former senior police officer and  Senior Special Assistant on special security to Governor Samuel Ortom, AIG Christopher Dega (rtd ) was yesterday evening shot dead in Jos, the Plateau State Capital.

The Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG) was shot dead by unknown gunmen while he was been robbed of his valuables at gunpoint but later died in a hospital in Jos.

The slain officer and aid to Benue state Governor was one-time commissioner of police to Edo State, however as at the time of filing this information the detailed story of what took place was sketchy.