Police officers who investigated and prosecuted prisoners who escaped from two correctional facilities in Benin City, Edo State, have been receiving death threats in form of text messages from the escapees.
This was revealed on Saturday by the Edo state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, who added that one of the escapees already killed a witness from his village for testifying against him during his prosecution, though he was rearrested immediately.
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The CP also disclosed that a doctor attached to the Central Hospital was hit by a stray bullet as a result of the continued cult-related killings and shootings in the state capital.
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Kokumo stated the police is putting in all efforts to restore normalcy to the state, noting that three injured officers who were shot on Friday by hoodlums were already recuperating.
He lamented that the hijacking of the peaceful #ENDSARS protest by hoodlums has indeed left the state with a violent turn of events.
He pleaded with
He said, “You can imagine what it means when three police stations along Sokponba Road are destroyed and burnt, and patrol vehicles destroyed in several other parts of the state capital. All the officers in these stations now operate from the headquarters.
“The #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums and it took a violent turn in the state and prisoners were set free. What do you expect? Some of these escapees have been sending threat messages to policemen who investigated and prosecuted them. One of the escapees convicted for murder killed the prosecution witness that same day in his village but he was rearrested immediately.
Kokumo pleaded with Edo citizens with information about the prisoners on the run to avail the police with such as he asserted that everyone must be part of the restoration process.
“Everybody must be part of the restoration of sanity. People who know these escapees should avail us information about them. I am assuring you that we are not sleeping but with what has happened to the police in Edo, some of these hitches are expected.”
