By joshua Edo Now Under Siege Of Kidnappers And Criminals, We’re Tired Of Lamentation – CRPP
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city
The leadership of the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP),
has condemned the broad day light kidnapping at the Vegetable Market along the airport road in Benin City where a woman was forcefully abducted after they failed to take the husband.
The coalition stated that is alarming that armed criminals are so daring and emboldened to the point of operating right inside Benin City, the State capital in broad daylight.
In a joint statement in Benin City by the national chairman Dr, Samson Isibor and the secretary Mr. Nkaa Waribe said, “is most embarrassing that the hoodlums operated unchallenged for close to 30 minutes at a distance of less than 500 meters away from the Government House, and about 50 meters away from the Aideyan Police division.”
According to them, Fear and apprehension have now taken over the entire state, as kidnappers, cultists and armed bandits have ravaged the three senatorial districts, including Esanland, the ancestral home of Governor Okpebholo. Investors are now on the run because of the insecurity in the state.
They queried the Governor’s use of the security votes which are close to ₦1 billion every month that comes to Edo State.
Instead of putting the huge sum of money to work to secure the state, he is busy campaigning for 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu. He is doing nothing to protect the lives and properties of the citizens.
” It is disgusting that operatives of the Edo State Security Network who are paid with tax payers’ money and are supposed to be patrolling major cities are busy estorting money from motorists at checkpoints”. He stated.
We called on governor OKpebholo
to wake up from his slumber, take proactive steps to check the rising insecurity across the state. We are tired of his lamentation and messages of commiseration to the traumatized families of victims. They concluded.