Families of Victims Protest As Herdsmen Kill 3, Kidnap 13 Others Families

Barely weeks after the kidnap of train passengers at Igueben train station, kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen have killed three persons and abducted 13 others in Emokpae community, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Most of the victims are students of a secondary school and aggrieved by the endless harassment, family members of the abductees have staged a protest.
Expressing their anger to newsmen at the Edo State Government House during a peaceful protest, leader of the group who simply identified his name as Commander Egua, said the incident happened last Wednesday afternoon.
He said the bus conveying their children, who were coming back from school and other market women, were accosted by suspected Fulani herdsmen and the victims were taken into the forest.
Egua said the herdsmen who appeared from the bush had killed three of their persons already while others are still being held captive.
“I am commander Egua, commander in charge of AgorEmokpae environ under Edo State Security Network.
“Yesterday, as at 3pm, when our children were returning from school from the neighbouring community, the herdsmen invaded the road, took our children; even the bike men that went to take them from the school, they were also kidnapped in the process.
“One minibus that was also taking passengers to the nearby community was stopped and the passengers were also kidnapped.
“As we speak, 15 persons have already been kidnapped and three of them have already been killed by the herdsmen”, he narrated.
Egua said they decided to take the protest to the Government House having heard about how the governor mobilized all the security agencies in the state to rescue the over 20 train passengers kidnapped by the herdsmen recently at Igueben.
“So, we have come to solicit the help of the government because we heard of an incident that happened at Igueben where about 20 persons were kidnapped; they mobilized all the security agencies in the state in freeing their hostages”.
He urged the Obaseki government to likewise, act fast. “So, the government should rise up and act fast.”