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Police arrest two over killings in Edo State

13:07 Mar 21 2017 Edo, Nigeria

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There is a cloud of anxiety in the air across Edo State over recent killings arising from suspected assassination and armed robbery, with the most recent being the killing of former chairman of Etsako East Local Council, Suleman Afegbua, near Benin City on the Benin-Okenne-Lokoja road last Thursday.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of two persons last week ,Mrs. Oyo Omo-Osagie, who operates a shop less than 200 metres from the police command headquarters, who was trailed to her house and shot, and Pastor Godwin Emmanuel, said to have stopped for the assailants who pretended to be pushing their broken down vehicle.
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