Edo communities protest over alleged plan to withdraw security personnel

Over 20 2 communities successful Nikorogha, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, person protested against alleged plans by immoderate influential individuals to origin the removal of information unit deployed to the country by the authorities government.

DAILY POST reports that the residents who are chiefly Ijaw-speaking, said the beingness of information unit has made the communities much inhabitable to them.

The protesters who came retired successful their numbers were equipped with placards with antithetic inscriptions, specified as, “Come to our assistance Mr Governor”, “We request bid to bash our businesses successful Nikorogha”, and “Armed robbers travel present to rape and rob our wives and women”, among others.

Speaking with newsmen, the president Nikorogha community, Friday Benson, appealed to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to widen the stay, and summation of presence, of information agents deployed to the community.

Benson, however, commended Obaseki for ensuring that bid and information prevail successful the communities arsenic good arsenic linking the communities done roadworthy construction.

“What we are saying successful essence is that cipher should truncate the effort of the politician by readying to region information from our communities.

“There is simply a large betterment of information successful the past 1 twelvemonth and a half. We convey the politician for providing the needed security

“Before now, cipher sleeps with 2 eyes closed, we were subjected to respective attacks. But contiguous we person a beardown beingness of information with the deployment of peculiar forces astatine Mile 3.

“Their beingness has checkmated insecurity being perpetrated successful the onshore by immoderate unscrupulous elements,” helium said.

On his part, Chairman of Elders Council, Philip Polo, who called for much deployment of information to the communities, besides thanked the politician for his efforts successful roadworthy operation successful Nikorogha.