The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Olajide Sowore, the immediate younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Kontongs Bello said that the victim was killed around 6am on Saturday.
Recall the older Sowore on Saturday morning took to Twitter to lament his brother’s killing by “herdsmen/kidnappers”.
“This is to confirm to you that suspected kidnappers at about 0645hrs along the Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa kidnapped five unidentified persons and in the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide male a Pharmacy student of Igbinedion University Okada.
“His remains have been deposited at IUTH Mortuary Okada while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims. Search and rescue operation is ongoing,” Bello said.
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