BREAKING: Edo Gov Orders Investigation Into Mob Killing Of 7 Persons

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has directed a full-scale investigation into the killing of seven persons in Uromi, describing the act as “barbaric and condemnable.”

The governor condemned the alleged mob attack, which occurred when residents of a community in Uromi set ablaze some suspected kidnappers.

A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, on Friday, stated that the governor vowed to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Representing the governor, Chief Security Officer, SP Solomon Osaghale, said, “Nobody has the right to take another man’s life… The nature of the barbaric killing is a cause of concern to the Governor.”

Osaghale said preliminary investigations showed the victims were killed after being discovered with guns in a commercial truck.

He revealed that over four people have been arrested for their involvement in the incident.

“His Excellency, the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo on getting the news of this incident, directed me to immediately come here and find out what transpired as the news of what happened here is a sign of worry to our Governor whose desire is to create a prosperous State void of dastardly acts like this.

“I can assure you that the people involved in this unprovoked attacked will not go scot -free, as His Excellency has directed the Commissioner of Police to launch a full scale investigation into the matter. As I speak now, over four persons have been arrested for their involvement in this ugly incidence,” he said.

The leader of the Hausa Community in Uromi, Mallam Aliyu Haruna, thanked Governor Okpebholo for deploying security personnel to the community, saying their presence has brought calm and reassurance.

Haruna noted that the incident was unprecedented in the local government, saying, “I must tell you that this is the first time a thing like this is happening in Uromi and it baffles me because Uromi people have been so accommodating to us in the Hausa Community.

“Over the years, we have lived peacefully among the indigenes. Our sojourn in this land has spanned over seventy years. I was given birth to here, and so are many other people you are seeing here today.”