Tragedy struck at Idoa community in Esan West local government area of Edo State on Monday night as gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, invaded the house of one Chief Jimah Jacob Ogboe, where he was shot dead, injured his wife and abducted two of his children.
It was a sad Monday night when the home of Chief Jimah Jacob Ogboe, who is a palace chief of Idoa kingdom, was attacked by the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, who, without wasting time, shot and killed him before abducting the children.
The entire community was thrown into mourning as elders and other residents gathered to seek possible solutions about the release of the abducted children and the root cause of the attack.
The onojie of Idoa, HRH, Alhaji Amedu Momoh, appeals to the state government and security agents to come to their aid.
“The situation is scary because we have never witnessed the kind of horror in our community we are appealing to the security agencies and the state government to come to our rescue and help us secure release of the kidnapped children”
The community, while appreciating the state government’s efforts in tackling the issue of security across the state, said they had earlier decried the menace of herdsmen in the community’s farmlands.
