On the 19th of July, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command, Benin City, signed a press release after the incident which occurred.
It is the principal thing to rightly inform the law-abiding citizens of Edo State and the general public of the shooting incident that occurred along Airport Road, Benin City, on the 18th July 2024 at about 1300hrs by hoodlums suspected to be political thugs.
It was said that on the aforementioned date and time, Rt. Hon. Philip Shuaibu and Sen. Monday Okpebholo arrived at Benin Airport from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, where their supporters in thousands rally round to welcome them. Suddenly, some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs emerged from nowhere with guns and other dangerous weapons and started shooting sporadically. In the process, bullets hit a Police Inspector, Insp Onuh Akoh, a personnel of No. 45 Police Mobile Force Abuja attached to Sen. Monday Okpebholo. The Police Inspector gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital for treatment and his body deposited at the military hospital in Benin City.
The Commissioner of Police Edo State, CP Funsho Adegboye, mni on behalf of the Inspector-General Of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM and the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force commiserate with the wife, children, family and friends of Inspector Onuh Akoh for the loss of our gallant fallen hero and pray that God will grant him eternal rest, Amen.
The CP wants to use this sad moment to appeal to the general public to remain calm, continue to be law-abiding citizens, and go about their lawful businesses that the Police and other Sister Security agencies are in firm control of the security situations in the state. He therefore warns criminal and incogitant elements in the state to desist from any act capable of breaking down the law and order or undermining the inviolable sanctity of the peace in the state.
The CP reiterates the command’s inexhaustible commitments in protecting the lives and property of the law-abiding citizens of Edo State and the general public. He, however, vows to arrest, name, shame, and bring to book the perpetrators of this dastardly act.
