The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of
Olajide Sowore by kidnappers around 6am on Saturday.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Kontongs
Bello, disclosed on Saturday that the remains of the deceased had been
deposited at IUTH Mortuary, Okada.
Bello said the late Sowore was killed when gunmen kidnapped
about five persons along the Lagos-Benin Expressway.
The PPRO said, “This is to confirm to you that suspected kidnappers at about 0645hrs along the Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa kidnapped five unidentified persons and in the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide male a Pharmacy student of Igbinedion University Okada.
“His remains have been deposited at IUTH Mortuary Okada
while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims. Search and rescue
operation is ongoing.”
Earlier, former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, had
in a Facebook post said his brother was shot dead along the Lagos-Benin
Expressway.
He wrote, “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was
today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen
/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo State where he is
studying Pharmacy.
“They snuffed out the life yet another real human being!
“Rest In Power, “Dr. Mamiye!”
“This act in itself will not delay their day of justice.
“I travelled widely with you and our father as a little kid.
You were the most loved robust kid I ever first knew. You, Mr. magnet had no
enemy!
“You, Mr. Sunshine Foundation who made everyone happy.
“You, the boy who snuck out his older ones to parties,
taking all the blames when our disciplinarian father found out.
“You, the guy who was an out-of-the-box thinker who decided
school wasn’t for you and created you own genre of music and then turned around
to go to school after you almost turned 50!
“You lived your life so that everyone could be alright but
now assassinated by everything that’s not alright!
“Saddest day yet!”
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