How 4 Policemen Were Killed Trying To Rescue Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Mike Ozekhome In Edo State

The prominent human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, was on his way to Benin on Friday evening when his Toyota Prado jeep was ambushed by kidnappers at the Ehor stretch of the Benin-Auchi motorway and he and his driver were subsequently taken away to an unknown destination.

Edo state Commissioner of Police, Foluso Adebanjo said, 

“Operatives of the command led by DPO Ehor Division responded swiftly to a distress call at about 3:30pm that unspecified number of armed men had blocked the Benin-Auchi road by Ehor axis. However, the hoodlums ambushed the patrol vehicle and opened fire on them, prompting an exchange of fire.

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