C/o Comrade Godwin Erhahon
2nd Floor, Edo House, 6 Akpakpava Street, Benin City.
(08033905725, 08073707846)
February 7, 2022.
His Excellency,
The Executive Governor of Edo State
Government House,
Benin City.
Your Excellency,
Save Our Lives And Properties From Bandits
We are neighbouring communities of Ologbo-nugu, Umoghun-nokhua, Orogho, Owuo, Urhehue, Evboesi and Evbonogbon, situate at the boarder of Edo and Delta States by River Ethiope, off Benin-Abraka Road, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area. Our farmlands from centuries ago spreads from right of Benin-Abraka road to Ugo- Oben – Jesse road, all under Ugo and Iguelaba Police Divisions.
For about four years now, some fierce looking heardsmen accompanied by AK47- wielding tenagers have invaded our farmlands with hundreds of cattles.
They destroyed our crops and feed their cattle with our produce comprising yams, plantains, cassava and more.
We took the pains to identify the owner of the cattle whom we found to be a Fulani merchant based in Warri. His mobile contact is 0905 0144757
In our latest contact with him, he disowned the cattle and herders now in our farms insisting that they are cattle rustlers with stolen cattle from Kogi State. He said he has since taken away his herders and cattle from our neighborhood, adding that those now terrorising us are common criminals.
He said he has since complained at Ugo Police Division that the “herdsmen” currently terrorising us are common criminals. He advised us to cry to government to comb the bush with joint military team and flush out the bandits. Your Excellency may wish to contact him.
We are now forced to cry to our no-nonsense Governor as the bandits have started killing our people, raping our wives and daughters.
Late January, 2022, they killed a father and his 3 children at Evbonogbon (see Pix 2). Their bodies are still in the mortuary.
On February 2, 2022, they abducted three women from Ologbo-nugu, tortured and raped them serially.
They released them with a warning to their husbands that they will be coming to wipe out the various communities soon.
Since then, we have sighted them at different points surveilling round our communities.
On Thursday, February 3, they abducted seven other women from Evbonogbon and treated them exactly as they treated the three from Ologbo as narrated above. Now we are afraid to enter our old farms to harvest or to start cultivating new farms. There are several other victims as in Pic. 4.
However, on Friday, January 4th, the gallant vigilante team of Ologbo-nugu stormed the occupied farmland and arrested one of the bandits that raped their women . The arrested bandit has been handed over to the State Police Command and he has confessed to the crime but refused to name members of his gang or show us where they hid their weapons which he initially volunteered to do. See his attached picture as Pic. 3 .
