Edo Community Hails Lawmaker For Raising Motion Against Police Brutality, Oppression

The people of Inikorogha, a community in Ovia South-West local government area of Edo State, on Wednesday, commended the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, for bringing up the issues of insecurity as it relate to the community in a motion he sponsored on the floor of the House recently.

The community, speaking under the auspices of the Community Stakeholders Forum led by its chairman, Hon. Timisegha Robert; community PRO, Mr. Blesegha Okoh, and the Youth President of the Community, Mr. Pereke Ukulor, said the lawmaker’s move will pave way for lasting peace in the area.

They praised Hon. Idahosa for his love and care for the people and also raised objection to the way and manner Policemen believed to be assigned to the locality by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki’s recommendation, noted that enough was enough against agents of the state using government apparatus to cause mayhem.

They accused the policemen of intimidating the people of the community they suspect of not aligning with the governor’s political inclination.

According to them, those that the police feel are not in Governor Obaseki’s camp were being hounded out of the community or arrested on flimsy reasons on a daily basis.

They appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, to withdraw the policemen and replace them with those who will act neutral in the unfolding drama.

The community representatives believed that this move by the IGP will go a long way in addressing the insecurity issue and also create confidence in the people that the right thing is being done to resolve the political crisis in the area.