Two riot policemen have been beaten to death, and two others injured by a mob at Ikpeshi in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state.
According to The Nation, the
mob action following an incident involving a Toyota Hilux vehicle belonging to
escort-duty policemen in the convoy of former Edo House of Assembly member
Emmanuel Agbaje, which hit a motorcycle, resulting in the tragic deaths of the
rider, a woman, and her child.
Ikpeshi youths, according to
sources, besieged the office of Edo State Security Vigilance Network, where the
two policemen were taken, thereby overpowering and beating them to death.
However, two other policemen
were rescued by the vigilance members, and their rifles were recovered.
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