By Mudiaga Affe
The Edo State Police Command on Saturday confirmed that suspected kidnappers killed Sowore Felix, the younger brother of the convener of “Revolution Now”, Omoyele Sowore.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bello Kontongs, in a one-paragraph message sent to journalists, said the in addition to killing the younger So were, the suspected kidnappers made away with five unidentified persons, just as he added that Sowore’s corpse had been deposited at the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital.
The PPRO message reads, “Good morning all. This is to confirm to you that suspected kidnappers at about 0645hrs along Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa kidnapped five unidentified persons and on (sic) the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide male a pharmacy student of Igbinedion University Okada his remain has been deposited at IUTH mortuary Okada while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims search and rescue operation is ongoing pls”.
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The elder Sowore, had in a statement early Saturday, announced that his “immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo sate where he is studying Pharmacy”.
“They snuffed out the life yet another real human being!
“Rest in power,” Dr. Mamiye Sowore wrote, mourning his brother.
