TOP STORY: How Sowore's Brother Was Murdered Today, Others Abducted |FULL DETAILS
Afnews Editor
Sep 04, 2021
Those who murdered the younger brother of Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters, abducted five persons, according to the police.
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Sowore had broken the news of Felix Olajide, his immediate younger brother, in a Facebook post on Saturday morning.
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Describing the incident as shocking, the publisher said the law will catch up with his sibling's killers.
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"My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore, was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo state where he is studying Pharmacy,ÔÇØ Sowore wrote on Facebook.
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Confirming the tragic incident, Edo State Police Spoeksman, Bello Kontongs, said the deceased was shot by suspected kidnappers.
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He said the victim was killed at Isuwa community along Lagos- Benin expressway at about 6:45am.
He said the suspects kidnapped five persons who were travelling alongside the deceased.
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According to him, the victim's corpse has been deposited at the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okada.
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He said efforts are ongoing to rescue the five kidnapped persons.
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