Youths of Agenebode, Etsako East LGA, Edo State have set a Police station ablaze for harbouring alleged Fulani kidnappers who were also involved in organ harvesting in the community.
It was gathered that a jovial youth in the community was kidnapped and ransom was paid for his release. But the kidnappers killed the young man.
Resorting to self-help, the community traced the mobile phone of the deceased to the kidnapper’s den which happens to be a settlement of Fulanis in the area. They immediately handed over the suspects to the police.
After realizing that the police were not taking action on the case, the youths in the community surrounded the police station and demanded that the suspects be handed over to them. The police refused, and in the resulting chaos, another young person was shot and killed by the officers.
This resulted in the burning of the station while the officers fled. The community apprehended the Fulani suspects, and some of them were immediately killed.
The prime suspect led them to the shallow grave where the kidnapped Agenebode youth was killed and buried. Other mutilated and decomposing bodies were found and the suspect confessed to the fact that he and his group had killed several other people during their stay in the town.
The decomposing parts of the slain youth were transported back to the main community.
