Friday, March 7, 2025 - The Edo State Police Command has arrested eight suspects in connection with the killing of a speech-impaired man, Efe Ogbeide, during the Obazagbon community crisis.
The Obazagbon community is in the Oredo Local Government Area of the
state.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu,
listed the arrested suspects, including Joshua Edo, 50, the main suspect and
the youth chairman of the community.
Yamu listed others as Obayuwana Happy, 25; Uhunwangho Everest, 52;
Chidera Umeh, 21; Simon Benjamin, 39; Odion Adagbonyin, 43; Kennedy Ohro, 42;
and Osayi Adagbonyin, 41.
He said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Divisional
Police Officer of the Iyekogba Division.
He alleged that the suspects who actively participated in the mayhem
were arrested at different intervals and locations.
Yamu added that the crisis resulted in the killing of some innocent
persons and the destruction of properties worth millions of naira.
The statement read in part:
“Following the protracted crisis in Obazagbon community over who becomes
or remains the chairman, as well as that of the Okiaghele of the community,
which resulted in the killing of some innocent persons and the destruction of
properties worth millions of naira, the most recent being the killing of one
Efe—a deaf and dumb man—leaves a lot to be desired.
“The Divisional Police Officer of Iyekogba Division led operatives of
Operation Rescue and Anti-Kidnapping to the area, where the following
suspects—Obayuwana Happy, 25; Uhunwangho Everest, 52; Chidera Umeh, 21; Joshua
Edo, 50; Simon Benjamin, 39; Odion Adagbonyin, 43; Kennedy Ohro, 42; and Osayi
Adagbonyin, 41—who actively participated in the mayhem, were arrested at
different intervals and locations,” he said.
The command’s image maker said the Commissioner of Police in charge of
the state, Betty Enekpen Isokpan, vowed that all those found culpable would
face the full wrath of the law.
She also reaffirmed the Command’s resolve to ensure that the safety of
lives and properties remains paramount in the state.
Recall that groups under the aegis of the Network for the Advancement of
People with Visible Disability and the Edo State Civil Society Organisations,
EDOSCO, had, on Tuesday, March 5, 2025, protested against the gruesome murder
of the physically challenged man.
The groups, led by Barr Omasah Melody, the Executive Director of the
Network for the Advancement of People with Visible Disability, decried the
murder of the victim, whom he described as a site engineer.
He said the victim was deaf and could not hear when the alarm of the
invaders was raised.
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