Truth About The ‘Killings’ At Benin-Ore Road On Saturday
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A video which emerged claiming that herdsmen were killing people along Benin-Ore road in Edo state has been confirmed to be false.
In the two minutes, 39 seconds video, people could be seen stranded and a queue of cars along the expressway.
The person who did the recording had said people were stranded because the herdsmen attacked and killed residents of Igbogi village along the expressway.
The person said the machetes carried by the Fulani herdsmen were more than 200, adding that they blocked the road, and there was nobody to help.
” We have been here since 6am, nobody can pass. Even police and soldiers can’t pass. We are stranded,” he said.
“They have killed about 10 people here now. They just carried about two corpses here now. This is an emergency, we need help. Fulani herdsmen have killed the villagers, they are still hiding inside the bushes.”
However, reports reaching us this morning stated that the gridlock was caused by a protest by villagers which lasted three hours on Saturday.
A villager identified as Adebayo Abudu was said to have been kidnapped and his corpse was later discovered by the police. As the corpse was about to be taken to a morgue for autopsy, the family protested, seized the body and laid it on the expressway, causing traffic gridlock.
A combined team of soldiers and policemen eventually cleared the gridlock.
