Edo Police Deny Killing #endsars Protester

The Edo state police commissioner, Babatunde Kokumo, has debunked the allegation that the police killed two of the “End SARS” protesters in Ekpoma, Esan Central local government area over the weekend.

A video had gone viral alleging the shooting to death of two young men protesting in the university community.




A statement issued by the police public relations officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, on Sunday, said that that some persons it said were “suspected hoodlums,” under the cover of “endSARS protests,” laid siege on the Ekpoma police station at Ekpoma, attacked police personnel on duty and destroyed facilities within the station.

Nwabuzor said 19 of the suspected hoodlums were arrested preparatory to their prosecution.

He said the viral video and rumour of killing or attacking protesters in the state were “staged, baseless, unfounded, and the handiwork of mischief makers to heat up the state.”

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