Irate youths in Agenebode in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State went burned down police station, attacked several individuals who were suspected in kidnaping and organ harvesting in the area.
Several people were killed in the mayhem that also had a police station, and vehicles parked within razed by the youths who accused the police of sheltering the criminals behind the kidnappings and organ harvesting.
According to Nigerian Tribune reports the incident was provoked by the kidnap a young boy who was adopted by the criminal elements, though ransom was paid he was not released.
It was gathered that the community youths were able to track the phone, and the user was arrested and handed over to the police, and that in the process, the user was traced to the head of a community in the area.
Apparently not satisfied with the way the police were handling the matter, the youth were said to have stormed the police station and took away the suspect, who it was gathered, led them to the house of the community leader where, on prodding, allegedly confessed that several kidnapped victims had been killed and buried in shallow graves after parts of their bodies were harvested.
The infuriated youths dug out the decomposing body of a young man in the compound of the community leader, who it was gathered, reportedly fled with his family.
It was also learnt that while the youth were digging the compound, several bones believed to be those of humans were recovered.
In anger, the youths were said to have burnt down the building and then the business centres of several people, killing some of them, before storming the police station to set it ablaze.
When contacted, chairman of the council area, Mrs Benedicta Atoh, was said to be too shocked to talk as claimed by one of her aides.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 5, Arungwa Udo, and the Commissioner of Police in the state, Nemi Edwin-Iwo, have visited the area to restore order.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, replied through a text message that: “I will get back to you ASAP [as soon as possible].”
