The Edo State Police Command says suspected kidnappers were behind the killing of Sowere Felix Olajide, younger brother to the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, in a short message to newsmen said, five unidentified persons were kidnapped in the attack that claimed the life of Sowore’s younger brother along Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa.
Kontongs said, “Good morning all. This is to confirm you that suspected kidnappers at about 06:45hrs along Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa kidnapped five unidentified persons and on (sic) the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide, male, a pharmacy student of Igbinedion University, Okada. His remain has been deposited at IUTH mortuary, Okada, while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims while search and rescue operation, is ongoing pls.”
