At least one person has been confirmed dead and others sustained varying degrees of gunshot injury on Friday in Benin, Edo state, as hoodlums attached the #EndSARS protest.
According to reports, trouble started when some youths, called Ogbe Boys who collect revenue for Oredo local government council, accused the protesters of preventing them from collecting money from vehicles using the car park.
The hoodlums were said to have suddenly appeared with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons to attack the protesters. While some of the protesting youths took to their heels, others stayed back to persuade the hoodlums that the peaceful protest was for all of the youths and that they were not out to fight anybody.
It was further learnt that the hoodlums who were clad in red T-shirt, were saying “why are they disturbing our work,” and in the process brought guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons to attack the protesting youths.
