The decomposing body of kidnapped Edo State’s former
Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Egbe Ediagbonya, has been found
in a forest.
Some farmers discovered the remains around 6:30 p.m. on May 29
at Edo forest, which shared boundary with Ondo state, near the
victim’s Utese village in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of
Edo state.
The former commissioner was seized from his residence at Utese
on Saturday, May 16 this year by unknown gunmen and suspected
kidnappers.
Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said yesterday in Benin:
“The farmers who were uneasy and apprehensive about the horrible
sight, rushed to the village (Utese) to break the news, and they
thereater moved to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Okada, and
reported the sad development to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
of the station.
The decomposing body of kidnapped Edo State’s former
Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Egbe Ediagbonya, has been found
in a forest.
Some farmers discovered the remains around 6:30 p.m. on May 29
at Edo forest, which shared boundary with Ondo state, near the
victim’s Utese village in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of
Edo state.
The former commissioner was seized from his residence at Utese
on Saturday, May 16 this year by unknown gunmen and suspected
kidnappers.
Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said yesterday in Benin:
“The farmers who were uneasy and apprehensive about the horrible
sight, rushed to the village (Utese) to break the news, and they
thereater moved to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Okada, and
reported the sad development to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
of the station.