BREAKING: Okpebholo Pays Condolence Visit To Yusuf Over Uromi Killings

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to his counterpart in Kano State, Abba Yusuf, over the killings of 16 Kano-bound travellers last Friday.

Okpebholo arrived the Kano State Government House at noon and was received by Yusuf and other government officials.

The 16 travellers were killed at Uromi in Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State by some members of a vigilante group who mistook them for criminals.

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The 16 travellers said to be hunters were en route Kano State from Port Harcourt for Eid-el-Fitr celebrations when they were killed in Uromi.

The heinous act has been widely condemned and President Bola Tinubu had given marching orders to security agencies to fish out those behind the killings.

“The President, who expressed shock at the dastardly act on Thursday, directed Police and other security agencies to conduct swift and thorough investigations and punish the suspected culprits,” presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said in a statement on Friday.