The Edo State Police Command yesterday in Edo said gunmen involved in the attack on the APC Governorship candidate for Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, and the state’s reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, have gone into hiding.
The Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye said this yesterday while giving an update on the investigation into the July 18 attack on Airport Road in Benin.
Recall that some suspected political thugs attacked Okpebholo and Shaibu, while exiting the Benin Airport, shortly after they arrived from Abuja.
In the attack, the gunmen killed an Inspector of Police, Onu Akon, an orderly to Okpebholo, and injured many others.
Adegboye said those fingered in the bloody attack had fled the state.
The Commissioner of Police, who failed to mention the names of the suspects under investigation, assured the public that the perpetrators would be brought to justice. “Investigations are ongoing to unravel the mystery surrounding the killing of the gallant officer and attempted murder of Okpebholo,” he said, adding that the command would not leave any stone unturned to fish out the perpetrators.
According to him, the police have dropped the invitation with their family members. “If they fail to honour the invitation, the appropriate legal procedure will be followed and this may include declaring them wanted,” he said.
