A high-ranking Palace Chief in Iduah kingdom, Esan West Local Council Area of Edo State, Jimah Jacob Ogboi, has been reportedly killed and his daughters abducted.
It was gathered that gunmen struck on Monday night and instantly shot the deceased while they used machetes and other dangerous weapons on his wife.
Narrating what happened, one of his sons, who identified himself as Lucky, said he stepped out to buy something when the incident occurred. According to him, he was told that his father had been killed, adding that he returned to find his mother seriously injured.
It was gathered that the attack made the community elders summon an emergency meeting to discuss the possible release and rescue of the two daughters, as well as address the root cause of the attack.
Speaking on the incident, traditional ruler of the community, HRH Alhaji Amedu Momoh, appealed to the state government and security agencies to come to their aid and strengthen security in the area.
The monarch said: “About four of them went to the house of one of our chiefs. They shot him and went away with two of his daughters.
“Security agencies have come here since the incident happened. We need assistance in tackling security issues.
The government should come and assist us. There has been some sort of security here in our land, but it’s like they have gone to reinforce.”
He said they were not happy with the growing menace of suspected herdsmen attacking farmland.
Contacted, Edo State Police Command spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incident and said the police had launched an investigation. She noted that the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, is currently in Ekpoma, in Edo Central, with other top brass of the command, to halt such attacks.
