Judicial Inquiry at the sitting in Benin yesterday
A Higher National Diploma student of Business Administration,
Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Stephen Ohimai Asekhame, yesterday,
appealed to Nigerian government to assist him in getting back to
his feet following limb amputation from gunshot wounds sustained
during the #EndSARS protest.
He made the appeal at the resumption of hearing of the Edo State
Judicial Panel of Inquiry, in Benin City.
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Ohimia said life has become so difficult for him since he lose
one of his legs to a bullet allegedly shot by the Nigerian Army
during the recent #EndSARS protest in Auchi.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim said the incident happened at
Jattu junction in Auchi, the administrative headquarter of Etsako
West Local Government Area of Edo State, while youths from the area
trooped out to rally behind Nigerians across the country demanding
an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings.
“Others have been organising their protest, and Auchi did theirs
on October 19. I wasn’t an organiser of the protest. The reason I
came out of the protest was because we the youths are tired of
police brutality.
” We held placards with inscriptions such as #EndSARS and end
police brutality.
“What happened was that on the 19th of October, Auchi decided to
do their protest, and I went for the protest which held at Jattu
junction. It was a peaceful protest but unfortunately at 2pm, men
of the Nigerian Army drove in, shot repeatedly, and one of the gun
bullets hit my leg where I was hiding.
“I came to this panel to appeal to the government do all it can
to get me a better life. I want the government to come my to my aid
and help me get back to my feet, and get justice,” he said.
Judicial Inquiry at the sitting in Benin yesterday
A Higher National Diploma student of Business Administration,
Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Stephen Ohimai Asekhame, yesterday,
appealed to Nigerian government to assist him in getting back to
his feet following limb amputation from gunshot wounds sustained
during the #EndSARS protest.
He made the appeal at the resumption of hearing of the Edo State
Judicial Panel of Inquiry, in Benin City.
Ohimia said life has become so difficult for him since he lose
one of his legs to a bullet allegedly shot by the Nigerian Army
during the recent #EndSARS protest in Auchi.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim said the incident happened at
Jattu junction in Auchi, the administrative headquarter of Etsako
West Local Government Area of Edo State, while youths from the area
trooped out to rally behind Nigerians across the country demanding
an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings.
“Others have been organising their protest, and Auchi did theirs
on October 19. I wasn’t an organiser of the protest. The reason I
came out of the protest was because we the youths are tired of
police brutality.
” We held placards with inscriptions such as #EndSARS and end
police brutality.
“What happened was that on the 19th of October, Auchi decided to
do their protest, and I went for the protest which held at Jattu
junction. It was a peaceful protest but unfortunately at 2pm, men
of the Nigerian Army drove in, shot repeatedly, and one of the gun
bullets hit my leg where I was hiding.
“I came to this panel to appeal to the government do all it can
to get me a better life. I want the government to come my to my aid
and help me get back to my feet, and get justice,” he said.