Police Declares Osakue Victor Osas Wanted Over Murder Of Two PDP Youth Executive Members In Edo

By Simeon OSAJIE

 

The Edo State Police Command has declared Osakue Victor Osas, Ward 7 Youth Leader of the Egor local government area executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wanted over the gruesome murder of  Andrew Iyekekpolo, Youth Vice Chairman and Clement Odigie Youth Secretary of the party.

Osakue Victor Osas 

Declared Wanted By Nigerian Police Force

 The spokesman for the Command, SP Bello Kontongs disclosed to journalists in Benin that operatives of Adolor Police Division received a distress call stating that there is fight involving some youths of PDP at a stakeholders meeting of the party which took place on the 20^th of October, 2020 at 500hour at the party secretariat of the local government area.

 

SP Kotongs stated that the Command quickly swing into action by mobilizing some men of the Adolor Police Division to the sense of the stakeholders meeting, and discovered that everybody has since disserted the area. But information available to the police personnel revealed that there was early fight involving some youths of the party who were agitating for the resignation and dissolution of Victor-led youth executive committee and in the process the youth leader, Osakue Victor Osas sustained injuries as regard to the fight.

 

According to SP Bello Kontongs, on enquiries to ascertain the whereabouts of Victor and other youth members of the party involved the fracas, nobody was willing to disclose any information to the police personnel.

 

SP Kontongs further stated that at about 600hours of the same day, operatives of Adolor Police Division of the command discovered two bodies of the victims simply identified as that of Andrew Iyekekpolo and Andrew Odigie, Ward 7 Youth Vice Chairman and Ward 7 Youth Secretary respectively of the Egor chapter of the PDP at the resident of Osakue Victor Osas at No. 22, Adolor Road, Off New Lagos Road, Benin City following a distress call.

 

SP Kontongs further stated that though residents in the area declined comment fearing possible police arrests, the bullet-ridden bodies were discovered in the residence of Victor prompting investigators to declare Osakue Victor Osas wanted.

 

He added that full scale investigation will unravel the mystery surrounding the death of the two persons at the resident of Victor, and that no arrests had been made yet at the time of this briefing but an investigation into the matter is ongoing.

 

According to Police Image Maker, the murder is a capital offence under Sections 316 and 319 of the Nigerian Criminal Code.

 

The Command hereby call on members of the public with useful information that would lead to the arrest of fleeing Osakue Victor Osas to contact the nearest police station across the country as police intensify a manhunt for him.

 

Meanwhile, when our reporter visited Victors’ residence at No. 22, Adolor Road, Benin City, it was discovered that he (Victor) is the only occupant of the building which he inherited from his late adopted parent.

 

On investigation by our reporter, it was discovered that when police came to Victor’s residence with ambulance and discovered the bodies of Clement Iyekekpolo and Andrew Odigie inside, somebody within the vicinity quickly called Victor to inform him that police had arrived at his house with an ambulance and discovered the bodies of Clement and Odigie inside, and when Victor was trying to further ask question, the phone went off.