The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal resumed hearing on Tuesday of the five petitions filed against the return of incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki for a second term in office following his victory in the September 19, 2020 election with the state Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attributing the error on the governor’s…
Benin Residents Take to Jungle Justice… As Policemen Continue to Stay Away (Photo)
In the absence of the police to call or report to, some residents of Benin, Edo State capital, may have resorted to serving jungle justice on suspected armed robbers. On Monday alone, over 12 cases of carjacking were reportedly recorded in various parts of the state capital, most of them in broad day light. Four…
Aftermath of EndSARS Protests: Armed Robbers Terrorise Benin Residents
Since the end of the EndSARS protest, Benin City, Edo State capital and some major towns in the state have been under siege as armed robbers and other criminal elements take advantage of the absence of policemen on the streets and major highways to rob, kill, and maim their victims. At home, business premises, and…
Benin Kingdom Loses Prominent Chief, As Obaseki Mourns the Obasogie
Edo State is mourning the death of one of its illustrious sons and a prominent and flamboyant Benin traditional chief, Eduwu Ekhator Obasogie, the Obasogie of Benin Kingdom. The Obasogie, a septuagenarian, reportedly slumped Sunday night at his residence and did not recover. He had always played a prominent role in palace activities as one…
Edo Guber: Tribunal Orders Substituted Service as Obaseki, Shaibu, PDP Evade Service of Five Petitions, Processes
…Chairman pledges to shun external influence. The inaugural sitting of the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal was held on Friday with Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Abdulrazak Abdulkareem, ordering a substituted service of the petitions and processes to be posted on the wall of PDP’s state secretariat and Government House, Benin, while the…
EndSARS Protest: CSO Secures Release of Minor “Police IG” in Edo
The minor who was arrested for dressing in a police uniform allegedly stolen during an attack and looting of the Oba Market Police Station, Ring Road, in Benin, Edo State, has been released unconditionally. The 11-year-old boy, identified as Gift Osayuhi, was released at the intervention of members of the Talakawa Parliament, a civil society…
Wike Accuses Nigerian Editors of Failing to Hold Public Officers Accountable
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, of failing to hold public officers to account for their stewardship. The governor, who hosted a delegation of the guild at Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday, said most often the editors were interested in praising public officers and giving…
Edo Police Parade Four Suspected Looters of Police Armouries, 122 Others
The Edo State Police Command has arrested four male suspects believed to have been part of the hoodlums who attacked some police stations in Benin, and looted the armouries and other items during the #EndSARS protests. The quartet was amongst the126 crime suspects paraded on Wednesday by the state commissioner of police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo,…
Looting of Palliatives: Edo NBA Rejects Trial of Suspects in Mobile Courts
The chairman of the Benin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Pius Oiwoh, has knocked the Edo State government over its plan to set up mobile court to try suspected looters of COVID-19 palliative warehouses and arsonists in Benin, the state capital. The mobile court, which is supposed to be located at the premises…
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