The Edo State Government yesterday condemned a viral video showing a group of youths in Ikpeshi, Edo North assaulting an 80 years old man for belonging to a PDP faction supporting, the Vice Chairman South South, Chief Dan Orbih.
The youths were seen beating and dragging the over eighty years old man on the floor, before stripping him.
The government in a statement signed by the Chief of Staff to the Edo State Governor, Hon Osaigbovo Iyoha, said:
“The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to a social media video in which some young men wielding machetes and cudgels were recorded assaulting an elderly man andsome young people within the state.
“The state government strongly condemns the reprehensible act and vows to bring the perpetrators to justice.
“Preliminary investigations reveal that the incident appeared to have occurred in Edo State, as the persons in the video spoke in a language indigenous to the state.
“With its uncompromising commitment to maintaining law and order, the government frowns at all forms of violence and is particularly appalled with the contents of the video.
“Government has ordered security agencies in the state to thoroughly investigate the incident to ensure that anyone found culpable is made to face the full weight of extant laws in the state, particularly the Violence Against Persons (VAP) Law.”
