BY LUCKY EFESE
After series of appeal and cries by corporate bodies, non governmental organizations, religious bodies and well meaning Nigerians to the federal government to come to the aid of Edo state government to curb the incessant crisis of cultism in the state. There have since not been light as the violence and destruction continued unabated.
Ever before now, the general call for establishment of State police have always fallen into deaf ears even the two upper houses senate and representatives have never shown concern or serious interest even when the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have since thrown their full weight behind it.
Most recently Dr. Solomon Arase, who is the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and a retired Inspector General of Police (IGP) speaking in a security summit in Owan region of the state, recently spoke extensively for the support of regional policing in Nigeria.
On the current security in Benin City in particular that has become a heavy problem not even in Benin city Edo state alone but the country at large, Dr. Arase threw total weight and support for the return to the conventional policing system which relies heavily on the local community members who have the ability to always identify and easily spot unfamiliar members in the midst.
In his own opinion a public affairs analyst Amb. Sule Lawani have decried the very poor situation in some volatile areas like the St. Saviour Road, Upper Sakponba and the university community area like Ekosodin to Oluku and appealed to president Tinubu, the Inspector General of Police, and all other Law enforcement genesis in the countries to urgently do something to the very ugly trend.
Supporting the popular view, some other invited guests lamented a situation, where so many of our tomorrow leaders, youths have since fled their homes and places of birth for their dear lives, own to the continuous violent cult attacks and killings even as terrorism still continue to do its own along side,
It will be recalled according to an anonymous invited guest, that there was an incident that happened at No 7, Imafidon Street, Off St. Saviour, in Benin City sometimes in early 2016, involving a young school leaver Nelson Odaro Okhundede, a neighbour’s where about involving still unknown till date. He became a target of cult group just because his childhood school mate friend who unknowingly to him is also a member of another opposite dreaded cult group, unknowingly to him.
The young innocent man’s family was attacked and his lookalike younger brother was killed in the process and the family house automatically deserted. Up till now the entire family is in total disarray.
