As much as we mourn the untimely death of the Uromi 16, this nation has no right to grow a thick skin to stories of blood flow elsewhere.
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The group in a statement that was issued to newsmen on Wednesday, urged Northerners living in the South to return home for their safety.
The suspects were arrested in Uromi following credible intelligence after the intercepted and burnt 16 travellers in the town on March 27.
The hunters were allegedly murdered by a vigilante group at Uromi, Edo State while on their way home to Kano State for the Eid-el-Fitr.
In a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor, the governor also suspended the Commander of the Edo State Security Corps, CP Friday Ibadin (Rtd.).
This was contained in a joint statement by the Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, and Secretary-General, Bishop Mohammed Naga on Sunday.
The elders, on the platform of the Northern Elders Forum, stated this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere.
This is with a view to ensuring that only leaders with genuine commitment to the interests of the people are thrusted to lead them.
In the video, the youths were seen praying and kneeling before different blood stained graven images for luck.
The State’s Commissioner of Police Phillip Ogbadu, made the confirmation in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and several vehicles before they attacked four banks with dynamites.
Douglas, who hails from Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government area of Edo State, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during an outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight number 910 at the boarding gate of the airport enroute Abuja-Addis Ababa-Milan (Italy) after being scanned, which proved positive for ingestion.