Killing of trader and customer by a vigilante in Benin: deceased son brutalized, as vigilantes stop peacefull protest by family members

Family members of the two persons killed by a vigilante member in Benin City, Edo State Capital on the 20th of May, 2021 were yesterday manhandled by some members of the vigilante, who wants to stop them from protesting the death of their loved ones

Uche Nwaorie, the first son of the deceased woman had his lips broken by one of the vigilantes, who hit him with the butt of his gun at the gate of the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ) in Benin City.

The peaciful protesters were on NUJ premise to ask that justice be served to the rampaging vigilante, who killed their breadwinners and was quickly denied by the Edo State Government.

Recall that a trigger-happy vigilante identified as Osagie Afua, aka Stone on 20th of May, shot two persons(Lucy Nwaorie, 63years, and Tony Bassey, 38years) dead in Ofehi Street, off College Road, Aduwawa, in Ikpoba Okha local government area of Edo State.

Mr. Uche Nwaorie, who is the first son of the deceased mother of seven said, the protesters were here to demand that the police investigate the death of their mother, Lucy Nwaorie, and her customer, Tony Bassey who were murdered in cold blood in her shop in Aduwawa in Benin City.
“All we wanted is that justice should be served to those that killed my mother and

her customer, Tony Bassey on the 20th of May, 2021 at her shop. What happened that day was that my mother and Tony, who came to buy a recharge card were there, when Stone came and asked one of his boys to go and bring his gun for him at home. The boy went and got him the gun and he sends another person who he asked to help him bring the catrigdes and when he brought the cartridges to him, he said he wants to worm the air.

” He picked the gun, loaded the bullet, and aimed my mother and Tony, that was how he killed them. Now it is only Stone that has been arrested by the police, others have not been arrested.We want everyone involved to be arrested and prosecuted ” He said.

Also, speaking the widow of the late Tony Bassey, Mercy Bassey, 30 years, who has a two months old baby said her husband woke up in the morning and said he wants to go and buy a recharge card, but after some time, someone ran to her and told her that her husband has been killed. She wants the government to assist her as she is jobless.

However, trouble started for the protesters, when they were about to head to the headquarters of the Edo State Police Command, and the rampaging vigilantes said they should stop the protest.