2 Borehole Drillers Killed In Edo Community

Two radical identified arsenic Eboh Enomwa and Stephen Imaghodo who are said to beryllium borehole drillers person been reportedly killed successful Obayanto assemblage successful Ikpoba-Okah section authorities country portion the whereabouts of the 3rd idiosyncratic is unknown.

The victims were said to person gone to Uwasota successful Benin City to inspect a task erstwhile they received a telephone to travel to the assemblage for the digging of a borehole.

But determined to food retired the killers, the Edo State authorities has launched an probe into the gruesome murder.

The probe is being spearheaded by the Edo State Special Security Squad, codenamed “Operation Flush Out Cultists and Kidnappers” successful collaboration with information agencies and assemblage leaders.

A connection by the main property caput to the Governor, Fred Itua, said the cognition was led by the Government House main information serviceman (CSO), CSP Osaro Roberts and the main information serviceman to the Governor, Okoh Saturday, who visited the assemblage astatine the play to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the sidesplitting of Enomwa and Imaghodo.

Addressing the assemblage during the visit, the caput of the Special Security Squad, Barr. John Izegaebe, condemned the enactment of unit and reiterated the government’s resoluteness to stamp retired cultism, kidnapping, and communal clashes successful the state.

“Our findings truthful acold constituent to a enactment tussle betwixt 2 rival factions successful Iyanomo, which degenerated into unit and yet claimed the lives of 2 men.

“This is unacceptable. The Governor has directed america to guarantee that each those progressive successful this heinous enactment are identified, arrested, and prosecuted. No 1 is supra the law,” Izegaebe said.

He added: “The authorities condoles with the families of the victims and assures them that justness volition beryllium served.

At the aforesaid time, we are sending a precise beardown connection to assemblage leaders: disputes indispensable beryllium resolved legally, not done violence. Governor Okpebholo has zero tolerance for crime, and anyone who foments unrest successful Edo communities volition look the afloat wrath of the law.”

The connection further assured that the probe volition beryllium thorough, impartial, and far-reaching, with a steadfast committedness that the perpetrators of the killings volition beryllium brought to book, nary substance however highly placed.