Edo State Police Command have shed more light on the killing of Felix Olajide Sowore, a Pharmacy student of Igbinedion University Okada by suspected Kidnappers along the Benin/ Ore Expressway on Saturday.
Edo Police spokesman, Bello Kontongs
told journalists that Sowore Felix was not one of the occupants of the bus that some of the passengers were kidnapped, adding that Sowore was unfortunate to have ran into the incident.
“He was coming and met the situation on ground as the bus that was carrying the kidnapped passengers was actually coming from the South going towards Lagos. The bus belonged to a private transport company, and broken down at around 2 am in the early hours of Saturday, and the occupants look for somewhere to sleep.
“That early hours, the occupants came with the intention to pack their belongings from the bus, but unknown to them, the kidnappers have laid ambush, and immediately they opened the bus. the kidnappers came out from the bush and started shooting at the bus in an attempt to create fears in them, but some of them try to escape.
“As for Sowore, he was just a victim of circumstances. He was coming from Okada to Benin and the kidnappers tried to stop him but he refused to stop. The bullet fired by the Kidnappers hit his car and one of the bullets got him, and he died on the spot.He was confirmed dead by the doctors of the hospital he was rushed to and his corpse has been deposited at Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital.
“That is the situation, and the commissioner of police is doing everything possible to ensure that they are arrested and those kidnapped are rescued.Until now, there is no contact from the kidnappers. We don’t know if they have contacted the families of those kidnapped, but to the police and those that escaped have made no contact.
“The police is also trying to use tactical means in order to tract the kidnapped victims.Some of the occupants of the bus who escaped and some we met hiding in the bush, we brought them to the police headquarters, and we have profiled them. They are three in number” he added.
