A fashion designer, Lawrence Edobor, was beheaded by suspected ritualists at about 2am on Friday in Evbuotubu, Benin City. The 43-year-old was said to be coming home from a burial he attended on Thursday evening before he was murdered and beheaded, an incident which left the community in shock.
A fashion designer, Lawrence Edobor, was beheaded by suspected ritualists at about 2am on Friday in Evbuotubu, Benin City.
The resident said, “According to what I heard, the deceased attended a funeral ceremony earlier that night. As he walked home around 2am, he was ambushed by a group of persons suspected to be ritualists. They attacked and killed him, severing his head from his body. The Edo State Police Command spokesperson, Moses Yamu, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the incident and arrest of one of the suspects, Uwadiae Airebiuwa, of Igbinudu Street, Evbuotubu Quarters,He said, “On 07/03/2025 at approximately 03:00hrs, operatives of Evbuotubu Division alongside vigilante members, while on patrol of the area, intercepted and arrested one Uwadiae Airebiuwa, 27years, of Igbinudu Street, Evbuotubu Quarters, in possession of a fresh human head contained in a polythene...
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