The post-election violence that took the life of the PDP Women Leader, Mrs Salome Achejuigu has taken another twist with the gang leader, Mr Ocholi Edicha who set Mrs Achejuigu’s house on fire confessing that he carried out the acts because of the grudge he has against the woman before the election.
Ocholli who spoke with newsmen shortly after he had been paraded on Wednesday confessed that he was an All progressive Congress thug who mobilized some other thugs from Ejule in Ofu Local Government Area to set the house on fire and reigned mayhem shortly after the election.
It will be recalled that the victim, Mrs Salome Abuh, the Women Leader of Wada Aro Campaign Council, Ochadamu Ward, was said to have been burnt alive in her personal residence when she was resting after treatment from an injury on election day.
While reacting to the banal act, the spokesman, Wada/Aro Campaign Council, Faruk Adejoh-Audu had claimed the thugs, shooting sporadically, arrived Hon (Mrs) Abuh’s house at about 2 pm on the fateful day and surrounded the house, bolting every exit and escape from outside.
“They then poured petrol on the building and set it ablaze as other terrorized villagers watched from hiding. She reportedly attempted to escape through a window but was prevented by the metal burglary proof and gunshots with bullets raining in her direction.
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“The bloodthirsty thugs waited, shooting and watching with relish while Mrs Abuh cried from inside the inferno until her voice died out.
They reportedly left only when the entire house and Mrs Abuh had been burnt to ashes” he was quoted to have said
But the Police Commissioner, Hakeem Busari while parading the suspect with five others said the whole crisis erupted when there was a misunderstanding between one Gowon Simon and one Awolu Zekeri which led to the death of the later.
He said the death of Zekeri led to the mobilization of some angry youths in the town who moved to the house of one Simon Abu who is an uncle to the suspect where the 60 years woman was burnt to death.
The CP who said other suspects are on the run, however, said as soon as investigation is completed, the suspects will be arraigned in court.
He gave the names of other suspects who claimed they were only arrested differently as armed robbers and not killers of Mrs Abuh as Adamu Haruna, Onu Egbunu, Musa Alido, Attai Haruna and Attah Eje.
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Mrs Abuh was buried last Saturday amidst tears.
www.sojworldnews.com (c) December 11, 2019
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