Edo residents flee homes as fear of reprisal attack grip community

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  • Fear has gripped Uromi communities after 16 travelers were lynched by a mob over kidnapping suspicions, prompting mass exodus of residents
  • Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo vowed justice as 14 suspects face interrogation, while the Arewa Consultative Forum demands an independent probe
  • Residents reveal deep security frustrations, with many justifying the mob action due to rampant kidnappings despite condemning the violence

The Edo state government has taken steps to prosecute the suspects alleged to have lynched the hunters to death.Source: Getty ImagesEdo governor visits Kano, pledges swift prosecutionFear grips Uromi as residents abandon homesThe vigilante group received information from areas on the stretch of Old Ilushi road, from where the travellers were coming, that they had weapons in their vehicle. When they arrived in Uromi, the vigilantes asked them to step down, but the travellers refused, leading to an altercation. One of them pulled out a knife, prompting the vigilantes to raise alarm, accusing them of being kidnappers.In as much as we are not justifying the killings, because two wrongs dont make a right, these people are not hunters as claimed… Our local vigilantes have been on the trail of these suspected kidnappers.Security crackdown and lingering tensionsLucky survivors narrate how vigilantes attacked northern hunters

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