…As deceased family Accuses him of Conspiracy, Threatens Revenge
BENIN CITY— The authorities of the Edo State Police Command, have declared a middle-aged man, Edobor Lucky, wanted over alleged connection with the recent cult killing of his friend, Peter Ugiagbe, who also a mechanic, at Good Samaritan area of Uselu in Benin metropolis on December 15 (2014).
Meanwhile the family of Peter Ugiagbe has accused the said Edobor Lucky of allegedly responsible for the brutal killing of their son, claiming that he (Edobor Lucky) came to their house to pick the deceased with his (Edobor Lucky) motorcycle that fateful morning and that barely one hour they left, they heard the ugly news that their son had been killed by unknown cultists.
Speaking with Crime Reporters at the scene of crime, an eyewitness, who did not give her identity for fear of being attacked and possibly killed, confirmed the incident, saying the issues of incessant cult killings in the area had taken a new dimension in recent time as residents are now living in fear due to persistent attack and killings of an innocent boys, a development linked to the fight between two rival cult groups.
She said further that on that fateful day, they saw the said Edobor Lucky with his friend, Peter Ugiagbe being blocked by five armed occupants of a metallic blue colour Honda Accord Car and as he (Edobor Lucky) was struggling to dodge them while riding his motorcycle, the assailants, suspected to be cultists, recklessly hit his motorcycle and they fell down on the floor.
She added that as they fell down, the cultists came down from their car and started to attack them by using cutlasses to wipe and cut Edobor Lucky’s leg after which they also cut Peter Ugiagbe’s leg and angrily shot him dead, stressing that immediately, the people in the neighbourhood quickly alerted the police and before the arrival of the police, after the assailants had left, good Samaritans then rushed Edobor Lucky to an undisclosed private clinic, where he was being revived and when the police came, they took the remains of deceased away.
The source maintained that the anguished family of Peter Ugiagbe, then went to the police station to say that Edobor Lucky was a suspect, especially in view of the facts that he was the person that took their son, Peter Ugiagbe away from the house with the intention that they were both going to work together as it has been their usual way of working together as mechanics prior to the incident.
The family also threatened to revenge the killing of their son against Edobor Lucky as they are now accusing him of influencing the death of their son, even without recourse to their intimacy which had hitherto existed between them before his brutal killing.
In the same vein, the police public relation officer, who spoke to confirm the incident, however said that the case was under serious investigations to unravel the circumstances leading to the cult related killings, stressing some rival cultists have been arrested at ugbiyokho area and that those who have escaped including Edobor Lucky, will be brought to book and as such they had been declared wanted over their alleged complicity, saying Edobor Lucky, particularly will face prosecution even though the law still presumes him innocent until proven otherwise, while advising members of the public to give useful information which will lead to their arrest.
