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another set of adedo farmers named Lui
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salani and Julius ARA have been matched
0:05
to death at El community in the eso West
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local government area of ad by attackers
0:10
the villagers suspected to be F headsmen
0:13
there after suspected headers killed
0:15
other farmers in the state at Iran AAR o
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among others with the kman of the
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current Senator representing Adon nor
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who was once the governor of the state
0:25
comr Adams o calling on the government
0:28
to rescue them from f hman the claimed
0:30
are responsible for the frequent attacks
0:32
both on lives and the destructions of
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the lands in the Edon North senatorial
0:36
District often known as a my land a
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video published earlier in January
0:42
2025 some group of hunters and vigilante
0:45
members could be held in the video
0:47
begging the Ado state government led by
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Monday opolo to return the Firearms the
0:51
where he collected from them adding that
0:54
since the government recovered the
0:56
firearms from them the hmen have been
0:58
attacking them killing people in adedo
1:00
villages and destroyed farmlands the
1:03
group of hunters and vigilante members
1:06
who appeared not to be in a good mood
1:08
said that they decided to do the video
1:10
statement because they were entering a
1:12
forest in a one of the clients that met
1:15
up ESO West Council area with just
1:18
knives and cutlasses to search and
1:20
rescue three people that were kidnapped
1:22
by suspected headers whom the claimed
1:24
came to abduct the people with AK-47
1:27
rifles and pump action guns it was
1:30
gathered that the suspected hman on
1:32
Thursday killed the two farmers
1:34
identified as Loi salami and Julius ARA
1:37
in a village ESO West local government
1:40
area with Maes the eso West local
1:43
government confirmed the attack
1:46
according to punch newspaper and said
1:47
the third person identified as omoka Abu
1:50
popularly known as Uya is battling for
1:53
his life at an undisclosed Hospital
1:56
punch newspaper reported that the
1:58
chairman of esoko West local government
2:00
area maros zeiri who confirmed the
2:04
incident to their correspondent on
2:05
Thursday said the killings took place in
2:08
a village where at Ann and that the
2:10
killers were suspected to be F HS men in
2:14
a press statement issued by the
2:16
president of the annual progress Union
2:19
barister AR is animy the group said the
2:22
last two weeks have been very
2:24
challenging for the people of the Anway
2:26
clan in ESO West local government area
2:29
of as a result of the mous
2:31
activities of fani hmen in the clan alen
2:35
Clan is world eight in ESO West local
2:38
government area of Edo State the access
2:41
road to the clan is the Abed anen road
2:44
which runs through Abed town the clan
2:47
has one of the largest forest reserves
2:50
in Edo North in the last 2 weeks F
2:53
headmen have invaded the clan they have
2:56
not only destroyed crops but have
2:59
engaged in killing and Ming of the
3:01
inhabitants on February 13th 2025 the
3:05
brutally killed one person and M another
3:08
in their farms at IA Village in anen
3:11
Clan and today the February 27
3:13
2025 they have brutally killed another
3:16
in his farm at a village in Ann Clan
3:20
when the first incident took place I
3:22
wrote as the president of Ann progress
3:25
Union to allert the governor of Ado
3:27
State the commissioner of police and the
3:30
DSS in my letter I warned that the
3:33
situation may degenerate if no prompt
3:36
action is taken the situation has now
3:39
degenerated since my letter to the
3:41
governor of Ado State and the security
3:44
agencies two person have been killed and
3:46
another kidnapped the person kidnapped
3:49
only regained Freedom after 2 weeks in
3:52
their captivity as a result of the a
3:55
forced activities of the fani headsmen
3:58
our people have abandoned their FS for
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fear of being killed I humbly use this
4:03
medium to call on the adusted government
4:07
the police the DSs and other security
4:10
agencies to intervene is stated we had
4:14
reported that the ad State Governor M
4:17
opo has blamed militants and her us over
4:19
the killing of 24 persons in
4:22
M among other five villages in the oia
4:25
southwest local government area and op
4:27
in the eso East local government area of
4:30
oo state says he has deployed more
4:33
troops to the affected communities with
4:35
at news media showed on the spot
4:37
assessment video footage of some
4:38
residents F the communities just as
4:41
another report indicated that a little
4:43
boy was also killed on Friday at U in
4:46
the essent central local government area
4:48
of the state we had reported that the
4:51
immediate past Governor of Ado State
4:54
Godwin obaseki has sent some words of
4:57
sympathy to the people of op community
4:59
in the eso East local government area of
5:01
Ado State following the killing of two
5:03
persons met Philip AKA and Christopher
5:07
Bello by suspected hman on Monday
5:09
calling on the state Governor Monday opo
5:12
and other authorities responsible for
5:14
the security of the state to act swiftly
5:16
just as the council chairperson in
5:18
charge of the local government benedicta
5:20
ATZ alarmed that if the state government
5:22
fails to act fast the entire North EB
5:25
people may be wiped out by the suspected
5:27
F headers with another report of the
5:29
head of the Vigilante group in Arab
5:31
community in the O East local government
5:33
area of the state Victor end also killed
5:36
in Cold Blood by attackers suspected to
5:38
be F heals men previously we reported
5:42
that the Ador St command of the Nigeria
5:45
police force has confirmed the killing
5:46
of Seven Persons on Friday during a
5:49
communal clash between the people of
5:50
guanti and MTI communities in the oia
5:53
southwest local government of Edo state
5:56
with the police also arresting a member
5:58
of the Ado State vigilante group push of
6:00
dead and sent a BL a victim he falsely
6:02
accused of being a thief out of malage
6:04
due to misunderstanding the Vigilante
6:06
member had been the deceased just as the
6:08
new commissioner of police and subject
6:11
police Personnel in the state to retrain
6:14
him this morning in the bush in a bush
6:23
towards we are in the bush because uh
6:26
some of our people were kidnapped 3 days
6:30
so as you can see we are in the bush
6:36
knives we are just going towards to know
6:39
if we can recover our kidna
6:44
victims so as a matter of
6:47
fact we beg make beg our Baba Governor
6:51
make they help us because uh we are
6:56
uh vigilante and Hunters
7:02
now we understand say those people where
7:05
car those our people they came with
7:10
and and uh we now we they take ordinary
7:14
hands they enter this bush and as you
7:17
can see us all of us are family men so
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pray so that uh as we enter this bsh
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with peaceful may God let us come out
7:28
peacefully and happiness amen so we beg
7:32
make they help us beg our Baba govern
7:35
make they help us with our Firearms we
7:39
not too much need big one like Po like
7:50
like we want like that because it's like
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they don't come remove all our weapons
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now those people don't evade us so we
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not get who cry call me I make help
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