Palpable Tensions in Edo as Mob Allegedly Beat Two Policemen to Death
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the incident through its spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor.
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the incident through its spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor.
The deputy governor, who stated this at the opening of the Correspondents Office in Benin on Tuesday, said that he had been running the office and doing other activities through goodwill and contributions from friends.
He said the suspects were arrested for cultism, car snatching, unlawful possession of firearms, and kidnapping, among others.
When you go to a hospital, courtesy demands that you bring a patient down and attend to him/her; at least show commitment but when we got to the hospital right in the car, they said they could not carry him and we had to carry him down”.
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The suspect confessed to the crime, while the victim was taken to the hospital for medical examination. He will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is completed.
“I saw them (gunmen) dragging the people. They (gunmen) were about five or six. They carried the nine passengers and drove off in their van.” Eyewitness revealed.
The deceased had taken the matter to the village meeting where some elders’ intervention to resolve the issue failed through.
The move is the sequel to a stakeholders’ meeting between government officials and owners of establishments requiring noise control, which was held on October 31, 2022.
He replies to critics who say that Obi has no structure to deliver a presidential election victory.
“Though they put out the fire but not before several houses, shops and a church along the road have been completely razed by the fire, consuming everything inside them worth millions of Naira.”
“Traditionalists dressed in red attires and carried clay pots filled with substances and a chicken to add an impetus to the seriousness of the protest; masquerades were also not left out.”
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