By Francis Ogbuagu
A pressure group known as Ijaw Libration Movement on Wednesday in Benin City, called on the Edo State Governor,Mr Goodwin Obaseki and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to arrest and prosecute the killers of Madam Yado Odogbo.
Mrs Yado Odogbo, a middle aged woman, from Jamagie in Ovia South West LGA of Edo State was killed by suspected political thugs on 19 September,2020 at Tokosa, Jamagie,on the day of Edo2020 governership election.
The leader of the group,Hon Ezekiel Daniel,SSA to the Delta State Governor,Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Security while addressing journalists in a press briefing held at the NUJ Press Centre in Benin, said, one Robert Okubo and Bibopere Ajube,AkA Shoot Aside, ( allegedly working for the APC candidate in the just concluded September 19 gubernatorial election, brought 10 speed boats,loaded with thugs to the community to attack voters and steal ballot papers.
He said,when they got to the river line community and started shooting sporadically,the woman was hit by their bullets ,and when they found out that there were soldiers stationed at the community,who started exchanging gun fire with them they retreated.
According to him,” I want the Edo State Governor,Mr Goodwin Obaseki and the Inspector General of Police,Mr Mohammed Adamu to do everything to unravel the killers of Mrs Yado Odogbo, who was killed by one Robert Okubo and Bibopere Ajube,AkA shoot Aside,who loaded thugs in 10 speed boats from Ondo State onthe election day with the aim of disrupting the election and to carry the ballot papers.
“One John Mayaki has told a lie that Hon Goodwin Ukori,a PDP stalwart in the community was the one that brought the thugs, how can he bring thugs to disrupt election in PDP stronghold. We’re calling on the Edo State Governor,Mr Godwin Nohaghase Obaseki and the IGP to please unravel those behind the cold blooded murder of this woman.
“I know that the Edo State Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki is a compassionate person ,we are calling on him to come and help the family of the woman,she was a poor woman with children,he should give the children of this woman scholarship so that they can go to school.We want the Government to set-up a panel of inquiry to unravel and punish the killers of this woman.”
On his part,Hon.Kenneth Aduwaye,SSA to the Edo State Governor on Security said,”we are calling on the Edo State Government to arrest the killers of our sister, those who killed our sister must not go unpunished.”
In an earlier reaction, the Police Public Relation Officer of the Edo State Police Command,SP Chid Nwabuozo, said the State Police Command does not know anything about the alleged killing.”We have not been briefed,when we’re briefed, we’ll investigate”he said.
