Police confirm kidnappers shot dead Omoyele Sowore’s brother
Five others abducted
Edo Police Command have confirmed that armed bandits shot dead Sowore Felix Olajide, the younger brother of the convener of “Revolution Now” and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.
A statement by the command’s spokesman, Bello Kontongs, said the bandits also abducted five unidentified persons in the operation that ended younger Sowore’s life.
Kontongs said the deceased’s body had been deposited at the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital.
The PPRO message sent to journalists 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 (in) the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide, male, a pharmacy student of Igbinedion University Okada. His (remains have) been deposited at IUTH mortuary, Okada, while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims. Search and rescue operation is ongoing, pls”.
Omoyele Sowore had earlier today (Saturday) announced that his “immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was shot and killed near Okada in Edo State by people suspected to be herdsmen/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo state where he is studying Pharmacy”.
“They snuffed out the life (of) yet another real human being!
Rest In Power, “Dr. Mamiye!” Sowore wrote.
