Nigeria, April 12 -- Six relatives of Aper Aku, the Second Republic governor of Benue State, have called for justice following the destruction of their home by hoodlums in Gboko Local Government Area of the state.

The hoodlums on Monday razed a five-bedroom bungalow in Gboko where the relatives of the former governor lived.

Mr Aku, who was the first elected governor of Benue State (1979 to 1983), was detained after the military coup of December 1983 threw him and other elected officials of that dispensation out of office.

He died in 1988 shortly after he was released from incarceration. Mr Aku's death was attributed to his manhandling by the Muhammadu Buhari-led military junta.

Mr Aku hailed from Ushongo Local Government Area of the s...