The families of two persons, Oyegwu Afoso and David Agbagie, have been thrown into mourning after soldiers allegedly shot them to death in the Afokpella community, in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.
“A lot of people sustained injuries and my cousin, Agbagie, was killed. The soldiers wrote down the names of people who participated in the protest and said they will look for us and kill all of us. We have been living in fear,” Michael said.
He said, “My brother was not there when the protest was going on; when we staged a protest in the community last two months, the police and soldiers that came said we didn’t inform them before embarking on the protest. They said we should put it in writing if we want to protest and we notified them about this protest and even gave them the date of the protest.
Abanako, who also confirmed that the soldiers allegedly killed Agbagie, said they took his corpse and also whisked away a member of the community identified simply as Imofin, adding that Imofin’s whereabouts had been unknown since Monday.
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