A staff of the Federal University of Wukari in Taraba State, Daniel Bala Benedict, has been gruesomely murdered by unknown gunmen.

Benedict, whom DAILY POST learnt was a staff of the faculty of Agriculture, was hacked down on his farm on Tuesday in Wukari local government council.

A source from the council who spoke with our correspondent said he was assassinated on his farm shortly after taking his children to school.

The deceased who hails from Donga local government council of the state was before his demise a PhD student at the Federal University, Wukari.

Our source revealed that after his murder, the unknown gunmen used the deceased handset to notify the wife of their ugly act.

On rushing to the scene, the remains of the deceased, according to our source, were discovered in a pool of blood.

A close associate of the deceased who gave his name as Thomas Tsojon, has now asked the state government to work round the clock with security operatives to track down the killers.

The killing, at the time of filing this report, has begun to ignite dust among the people of the community.