Monday, October 14, 2024 - Residents of Agenebode, the headquarters of Etsako East Local Government Area, Edo State, have burnt down a police station after the kidnap and killing of a young man.
A source who spoke to punch on
the condition of anonymity, said several persons were reported killed and
vehicles inside the police station set ablaze over an allegation that suspected
Fulani herdsmen were kidnapping and killing people for organ harvesting; and
were allegedly being protected by the police.
“The incident that led to the issue
was the case of a young boy who was said to have been kidnapped some weeks ago
and after a ransom was paid, he was still not released. It was later discovered
that he was killed,” the source said.
“The youths in the community were
able to track the phone and the user was arrested and handed over to the
police. The user was traced to the head of the Fulani community in the area
"Apparently not satisfied with
the way the police were handling the matter, the youths stormed the police
station and took away the suspect, led him to the house of the Fulani leader
where on prodding, he allegedly confessed to them that several kidnapped
victims had been killed and buried in shallow graves after parts of their
bodies were harvested.
“The infuriated youths dug up the
decomposing body of the young man in the compound of the leader of the Fulani
who had fled with his family and in the process of digging up the decomposing
body, saw several bones believed to be those of human beings
“In anger, the youths burnt down the building and
then the business centres of several other Hausa/Fulani youths and then stormed
the police station and set it ablaze."
One of the youths said, “Enough is
enough. This must stop. The police kill our children and still collect money
from us. These kidnappers will abduct our children, collect money and still
kill them. They will collect N2.5m, sometimes, N3m from us and still kill the
victims.”
The Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) Zone 5, Arungwa Udo and the Commissioner of Police, Nemi
Edwin-Iwo, have visited the place apparently to restore order and have an
on-the-spot assessment.
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