Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo Central Senatorial District, Mr. Monday Okpebholo, yesterday, pledged to transform the fortunes of Esan Land
Social political group, under the aegis of Esan South East for Justice, yesterday, raised the alarm over the alleged removal of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Kenneth Imansuangbon, from the national delegates list, describing the action as criminal and undemocratic.
The Edo State Police Command has arrested two hunters, John Ebatame and Moses Okoyomon, for shooting and injuring six persons at the burial ceremony of the late Martina Rabi in Ama community of Esan South East Council.
A statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, yesterday, in Benin City, confirmed that the men committed the offence on Friday, June 25, 2021.
“On June 25, 2021 about 1900hrs, Edo State Police Command through the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbede Division, CSP Iredia Ogiata received information that there was shooting at Ama Community,” he said.
Following the incident, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Phillip Ogbadu, warned against threats to life with arms and ammunition and enjoined the people of Ama Community not to take the laws into their hands, as the police was investigating the incident.
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Tue Dec 15 2020
The recent reported abduction of yet another batch of school children in Katsina State has virtually cemented Nigeria’s reputation as a failed state. Now rated as one of the top five most dangerous places to live in, the nation is witnessing an unprecedented level of militancy, insurgency, ethno-religious strife, kidnapping, armed robbery, and political violence.
Nigeria supposedly operates an “American Style” Presidential democracy. In the US Declaration of Independence, their founding fathers wrote “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.