FIVE persons, including a first year student of the
Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo state, Collins Ojierakhi, have been
allegedly killed by herdsmen in Ugboha, Esan South East Local and Odiguete Ovia
North East Local Government Areas of Edo state.
Apart from the death, about twelve persons are
currently hospitalized at the Benin Central Hospital and other private
hospitals as a result of the attack by the herdsmen.
The incident at Ugboha occurred Friday night at about
7:30pm when the deceased Collins and his friends were on their way back to
village from Uromi. Father of the deceased, Mr Festus Ojierakhi, narrated that
¨I am just confused. I was actually in the house resting at about 8pm and I
started asking about my son who was not there. I was told he went to Uromi with
his friends on a motorcycle.
¨It was around
9pm that the mother of my son´s friend started shouting, crying that herdsmen
have killed her son. I rushed out of the house and I asked about my own son. I
was told he died too with his friend. ¨We immediately detailed boys and ran to
the place. When we got there we were told that the police had come to take the
corpse to Ubiaja mortuary. I was told that my son and two others, including the
friend died. They said the other person that died is an Igbo person. ¨The
information we heard was that as my son was driving home with his Okada, the
herdsmen and their cattle blocked the road and they waited for them to leave
the road. Immediately they passed, some of their people in the bush opened fire
on my son and his friends and they died at the spot. ¨I have been to the Area
Commander’s office and they said they are investigating the matter. I don´t
know what to do.
This is a young boy that just entered university¨ he
lamented. At Odiguete community in Ovia North East, it was learnt that the
herdsmen invaded the community yesterday, shooting sporadically and in the
process killed two persons. Vanguard learnt that the community and the herdsmen
have been having running battle in the area for sometime now. However, some of
the wounded persons were brought to the Benin Central hospital yesterday while
the two dead persons were said to have been deposited at an undisclosed
mortuary. When contacted, the Edo State Police Commissioner, Johnson Kokumo
could not answer his phone, but one of his aids later picked and said the CP
was in a meeting. Several calls made later to the CP was unanswered. The Public
Relations officer of the Command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, who was also contacted
said he was attending an event therefore cannot comment.
Herdsmen kill 5 in Edo
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