By Francis Ogbuagu
Revelations are coming on how a Police Corporal, Ezekiel Esangbaedo was murdered on Monday night in an invasion by armed men at the Igueben Divisional Police Headquarters.
The Wawa Reporters gathered that the suspected armed robbers came to the police station around 8.00 p.m. and threw an object, believed to be a locally made dynamite into the station before gaining access.
With the explosion rocking the building, the armed men, immediately gained access to the building, headed for the armoury where the arms and ammunition were stolen.
Initial reports indicated that the two police officers died in the attack and their bodies deposited in the mortuary, however report made available to Journalists indicated that the police corporal was the only officer that died.
The attack, it was further gathered, sparked serious protestin the locality as hundreds of youths had taken to the streets, calling on the government to probe the attack, which they believed was carried out by outsiders.
Reacting to the attack, the Edo PPRO,Chidi Nwabuozo said that “On November 9, 2020 at about 19.30hrs, hoodlums suspected to be armed robber invaded the Police Station at Igueben. Immediately, the Police personnel mobilised to repel them”.
“During gun duel, one of the suspected armed robber was shot dead, two policemen were wounded and they were taken to the hospital. One motorcycle, suspected to belonging to the robbers was confiscated by the police. No police was killed in the attack” the Edo Police spokesman added.
He assured that the police were doing their best to weed out criminal elements in that axis of the state capital, adding that normalcy had returned to that part of the state.
