The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to observe a minute of silence in honour of a police officer, DSP Michael Adams, who died in an operation to rescue the President of the Customary Court, Mrs Precious Aigbonog, from her abductors in Edo State.
The lawmaker said while the efforts by the team of Nigeria Army and Nigeria Police Force, which led to the rescue of Aigbonog, Edughele and 18 out of the 20 train passengers who were kidnapped, the House is “saddened by the death of DSP Michael Adams during the rescue operation” by the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police as a result of the gun duel with the kidnappers.
“The House is convinced that setting up of a Police Mobile Force Base and a Nigeria Army Barracks/Forward Operating Base within Edo Central Senatorial District will go a long way in wadding off perpetrators of crimes and criminality from Esanland and Edo State in general,” he stated. Another member of the House from Edo State, Dennis Idahosa, had moved a separate motion that was unanimously adopted by the lawmakers. It was titled ‘Need to Construct a Pedestrian Bridge on the Benin-Ore-Lagos Road by Okada Junction.’
The lawmaker added that the road hosts several communities and towns, among which is Okada in Edo State, stressing that the road connecting Okada Town, Iguobazuwa communities and Benin City on the expressway had a popular Okada Junction which is a hub for commercial buses and traders.
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