Edo Massacre: DSS arrests principal suspects
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the principal suspects of the mob attack that claimed the lives of 16 Northern travellers in Uromi, Edo State.
Recall that a mob had attacked a group of Northerners, following an alarm raised by vigilantes in the community about them transporting Dane guns.
A total of 16 men were set ablaze on March 27 in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government.
The Chief Press Secretary of Edo State governor, Monday Okpehbolo, Fred Itua, confirmed the arrest of the suspects by the DSS.
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He said, “Operatives of the Department of State Security have arrested two principal suspects involved in the killing of 16 Nigerians of northern extraction in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government last week.
“The suspects were arrested by operatives of the DSS in Uromi, following credible intelligence. Operatives of various security agencies are hunting for other key suspects involved in the unfortunate incidents.”
Neptune Prime reports that residents of the affected community and neighbouring towns have begun vacating the community out of fear of being arrested by security operatives.
Similarly, women in the area have staged protests in the Ojuromi of Uromi palace over the indiscriminate arrest of their loved ones.
A resident of the town said, “What is happening now is that people are leaving their houses where the killing took place for fear of being arrested by the police, who have been mandated to fish out all the culprits.
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“I believe the protest by the women on Monday is in connection with the indiscriminate arrest of residents by security agencies.
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