Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - Three weeks after the arrest of some persons at Okhorumi community in Oredo Local Government Area, some women alongside their children on Monday, stormed the streets of Benin City to seek the release of their husbands.
The protesting women, some with children strapped to their
backs, said the arrest of their six husbands had left their families shattered
and their children out of school.
Armed with placards of different inscriptions, the women
noted that the arrests were indiscriminate.
The spokesperson of the protesters, Mrs Abieyuwa Otasowie,
said their husbands are innocent.
“We are not here to fight. We came to beg. Our husbands are
innocent. Since they were taken away, our children have not been going to
school. We just want them back,” said Otasowei, wife of one of the detainees.
“The weapons were found in a public field frequently used by
youths from both Okhorumi and neighbouring communities for football.
“They searched our houses, they searched the hotels, and
they didn’t find anything. The field where they say they found the guns is open
to everybody, even those who fight us in the community come there to play,” she
said.
The women, however, begged for the intervention of the Oba
of Benin for the release of their husbands.
“We are begging the Oba. He is a father to us all. We are
pleading because of our children, because of our future,” she added.
They urged the State Governor Monday Okpebholo to withdraw
the charges against the The Edo State Police Command had disclosed that they
were arrested for alleged possession of illegal arms, ammunition and a
suspected human skull.
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