Weird! Nigeria’s Edo state assassins kill man in front of his pregnant wife, children

EDO STATE-(MaraviPost)-Suspected assassins have killed a 40-year-old man identified as Odion Ehiorobo Larry, in Benin City, Edo state.

It was gathered that Ehiorobo was shot dead in front of his pregnant wife and children in his house located at Peanut Road along Sapele Road in Benin city about 2am on Thursday, February 18.

According to Standard Gazette crime correspondent, Festus Alenkhe, who visited the area, the gunmen scaled the fence into the compound and gained access into the apartment by forcing the door open.

They went straight into his bedroom, dragged him to the lounge before shooting him in the head.

Ehiorobo was said to have pleaded with them with everything he had, including money and other belongings but they told him they came for his life.

The deceased’s pregnant wife said her husband was killed in front of her and their children.

“Despite his appeal to the killers, they still went ahead and shot him. They waited for him to die before they left the house. I am calling for justice,” she said in tears.

The police have evacuated the body to the mortuary while investigation has commenced.

Some of his friends have taken to social media to mourn him.

Source: www.expressiveinfo.com

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.