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Edo Train Station Attack: Two Monarchs, Five Others Arrested

by Niger Delta Today
January 19, 2023
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…As Two Remaining Victims Rescued

Seven persons, including two traditional rulers have been arrested in connection with the attack on Igueben-Ekehen train station, Edo State, by six gunmen, at about 4 pm on Saturday, 8 January, 2023.

The gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, had abducted 20 persons, including workers in the station and passengers waiting to board train to Udu, in Delta state.

Several other persons also sustained gunshot injuries during the attack.

It would be recalled that the state Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, 15 January, 2023, accused some traditional rulers in the locality of allegedly flouting the state government’s anti-grazing law which forbade anybody from giving lands to herdsmen to graze.

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Obaseki who was visiting 12 rescued victims being treated at the Police Cottage Hospital in GRA, Benin City, disclosed that the state government will go after traditional rulers who gave out grazing land to undesirable elements in their community without checking their background.

Addresses the press on Wednesday evening, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, announced the arrest of the suspects.

Nehikhare who did not give the names the traditional rulers and other suspects, however disclosed that the two traditional rulers are in the Igueben local government area, where the incident happened.

Meanwhile, the two remaining victims of the train station attack have been successfully rescued by security operatives.

Nehikhare while announcing the rescue of the victims, added that no more victims are in the clutches of their abductors.

“I am happy to inform you all the remaining victims of the Igueben train station attack have been rescued.

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“As at today, none of the victims are in the hand of the abductors,” he said.

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