Sowore’s Brother Killed, 5 Others Kidnapped In Edo- Police

Edo State Police Command has confirmed the death of Olajide Sowore, younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore.

The command in a statement disclosed that Olajide was killed about 6 am on Saturday.

The state’s police spokesperson, Kontongs Bello, also revealed that Olajide was killed by armed men suspected to have abducted five other people along the Lagos Benin expressway.

Bello said, “This is to confirm to you that suspected kidnappers at about 0645hrs along the 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”.

THE WHISTLER had earlier reported about Olajide’s death following a Facebook post by Sowore, stating that suspected herdsmen had killed his brother.

He wrote, “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen /kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo State where he is studying Pharmacy.”