Benin City: Tunde AYINDE
A FORMER COMMISSIONER for Youths and Sports in Edo State has been
found dead by the Edo State police command.
DSP Chidi Nwabuzor in a statement issued on Saturday confirmed
that the lifeless body of the former Commissioner, Mr. Presley Ediagbonya was
found by some farmers in a forest at Utese, a village sharing boundaries with
Ondo State.
It was learnt that the deceased was allegedly kidnapped by gunmen
from his farm at Utese village, Ovia North-East LGA of the state on May 16th,
2020.
The statement read in parts: “Edo State Police Command wishes to
inform the general public that on Friday, the 29th of May, 2020 at about
6.30pm, the remains of Hon P. E. Ediagbonya, a former civil Commissioner for
Youths and Sports, Edo State, was found by some farmers in a forest sharing
boundaries with Ondo state at Utese village”.
He disclosed that the farmer reported the news to the divisional
police headquarters, Okada, immediately and the DPO mobilized operatives to
confirm the incident.
“Immediately, the DPO mobilised his men, contacted the medical
team of Igbinedion University Okada, and moved to the forest, in company of the
deceased’s family and the community people,” the statement added.
The Police Spokesman added that his body has been evacuated to
Igbinedion University Hospital mortuary, Okada, for autopsy examination.
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