At least two persons have been confirmed dead and scores injured in Benin, Edo State as hoodlums fired gun shots at people #EndSARS protesters.
One of the dead protesters was identified simply as Ikpomwosa.
According to reports, the hoodlums, called Ogbe Boys who collect revenue for Oredo local government council, accused the protesters of preventing them from collecting money from vehicles using the car park.
The hoodlums dressed in red T-shirt, were saying “why are they disturbing our work,” and in the process brought guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons to attack the protesting youths.
One of the protesters, Efosa Igbinoba, said, “We started the protest from Sapele Road, but on getting to the Ring Road, hoodlums just appeared from nowhere with cutlasses and guns to attack us and disrupt the protest.
“Our demands are, don’t end SARS and come with SWAT. Police should be reformed as well as reduction of salary of the members of the House of Representative and the Senate,” he said.
Some of those who received gunshot injuries were later rushed to the nearby Central Hospital while the body of Ikpomwosa and the other was carried in an ambulance to the Government House.
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