Tag: Uromi
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Uromi killings: What government should do to hunters – Rep Rirum
A member of the House of Representatives representing Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya Federal Constituency, Kabiru Rirum has called for the ban on movement of hunters’ from the North to the South, citing security challenges in the country.
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 2 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
In part one of this intervention, which was published early in the week, effort was devoted to searching for some missing links, which the author believes, if found, could make the story of the Sixteen Fulani hunters that were lynched at Uromi, in Edo State, on March 27, 2025, a more understandable presentation.
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After Uromi 16, another set of ‘hunters’ from Kano nabbed in Edo with arms, ammunition
The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that another set of four hunters who came from Kano State were intercepted by operatives of the Edo Security Network with arms and ammunition when they arrived in the state. This is coming barely two weeks after 16 hunters from Kano were killed in Uromi. Police Public Relations…
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The Uromi mob action and the scourge of banditry in Nigeria – By Dennis Onakinor
Irrespective of the circumstance, the death of an individual or a group of persons is a painful occurrence, and it is even more so when it occurs in an extrajudicial violent manner. In this light, the death of 16 “suspected kidnappers” in the hands of a mob in Uromi town of Edo State, on March…
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Uromi killings: FG, Edo Govt. set up fact-finding committee
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo on Thursday disclosed that the Federal Government, in collaboration with the state government, has established a fact-finding committee to investigate the recent killing of hunters in Uromi, Edo.
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Fake outrage and the making of the Uromi 16 – By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s a most unlikely crime scene. I travelled by road from the Benin airport to Uromi, Esanland’s most significant town, for a wedding about three years ago. The fear of kidnappers is a constant worry for road users. I was nervous for nearly f
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Uromi 16: What if they are not hunters? Part 1 – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Every normal human being would condemn extra-judicial killing at any given time. Those that are empowered by the Nigerian Constitution to secure lives and properties, even when investigating crimes and suspected criminals, are never authorised by any law of the land to kill until a court of competent jurisdiction so pronounces.
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Uromi: Cause, effect and misdirected outrage – Calixthus Okoruwa
I will not watch the videos of the events that took place in Uromi, in which travelers were lynched on the suspicion of being terrorists and kidnappers. The reports emanating from the media are gruesome enough.
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Edo killings: Okpebholo visits Kano as Gov Yusuf demands justice for victims
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has condemned the brutal killing of 16 hunters in Udune, Uromi Local Government Area of the state, describing the attack as barbaric and unacceptable.
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Uromi killings: Kano Govt. deploys delegation to Edo
The Kano State Government has dispatched a high-powered delegation to engage with the Edo Government and the Hausa community in Edo over the recent brutal killings of Kano indigenes in Edo.