President Bola Tinubu | Image: X/@Dolusegun16
.Orders security agencies to fish out killers
By Valentine Amanze
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of some travellers in Edo State on Thursday, describing the act as dastardly.
He has also ordered security agencies to fish out those behind the inhuman act, according to a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga.
“The President, who expressed shock at the dastardly act on Thursday, directed Police and other security agencies to conduct swift and thorough investigations and punish the suspected culprits.”
The victims, who were travelling from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to the northern part of Nigeria, were allegedly killed by a mob in Uromi, Edo State, on Thursday.
The president pointed out that jungle justice was unlawful, stressing, “All Nigerians have the freedom to move freely in any part of the country.”
Tinubu however condoled with the families of the affected people and assured them “that criminals would not be allowed to shed the blood of innocent Nigerians in vain”.
Meanwhile, the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has visited the community, condemning the killing of the travellers.
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The governor described the incident as barbaric, according to a statement from his spokesman, Fred Itua, and ordered a full-scale investigation into the killing.
“The Governor directed the State Police Command and other security agencies to conduct thorough and speedy investigations into the matter and bring those found culpable to book. He also charged the community to work with the security agencies to fish out the culprits,” Itua said in a statement on Friday.
“Governor Okpebholo also commended community leaders, especially the leadership of Arewa community in the area, for deescalating tensions and handling the situation with restrain.”
The governor promised justice for the victims and maintained that there is “no excuse for the vigilante members to take the law into their hands without recourse to statutory law enforcement agencies”.
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