ENDSARS PROTEST; SUSPECTED HOODLUMS ATTACKED PROTESTERS, KILLED ONE, INJURED MANY OTHERS

By Wale Abydeen// The Edo State Police Command received with shock the report of gruesome murder of Simon John by some suspected hoodlums who attacked the EndSARS protesters at the Kings Square, Benin City, today, Friday 16th October, 2020.
A statement made available to SECURITY MONITOR by Police Public Relation Officer of the state, SP Chidi Nwabuzor stated that the Commissioner of Police Edo State, CP Johnson Babatunde Kokumo has directed the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to commence a full scale investigation into the immediate and remote cause of the murder of late Simon John, vowed to arrest the perpetrators of this dastardly act for prosecution in court accordingly.
Nwabuzor added that “the CP thereby commiserates with the family members of late Simon John for his untimely death and pray to God to give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. He however, appeals to the #EndSARS protesters to end the protest and patiently wait for the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu to implement the Police reforms.