Jethro Ibileke/Benin
Protesting youths of Obadolovbiyeyi community, in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State, on Wednesday, held the State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Ayinla Mankinde, hostage over the killing of a youth.
The youths also held some mobile policemen hostage with the NSCDC’s Commandant, for allegedly shielding the soldiers who killed the deceased from being arrested.
The protesters alleged that the victim, identified as Efe Igbinovia, was shot and killed by soldiers who were called by the herdsmen to protect them.
It was gathered that the vigilance men of the community, arrested two suspected herdsmen who were said to be members of an armed robbery gang who terrorised the community.
A member of the community, Okpamen Osemwengie, who addressed journalists in Benin, alleged that the suspected herdsmen…
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