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Pain" ( Pictures ) « » "You Are Lucky We Didn't Meet You At Home" : Gunmen Drop Note For Edo Politician



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Edo Commissioner's House Vandalized 3 Weeks After
Gunmen Attack Residence. Obaseki Reacts
Barely three weeks after suspected political thugs in Edo
State have attacked his residence, the home of the Edo
State Commissioner for Youth Damian Lawani in Udaba,
Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state has
been vandalised by unknown persons.
Igbere TV recall that gunmen shot sporadically at Lawani's
house on July 21 at 11 pm, destroying several properties
and leaving scores of Lawani's family members with
various degrees of injuries.
The assailants also promised to return to inflict pains on the
commissioner who was absent at his residence.
They also dropped a message with the inscription: "Damian
Lawani, you're lucky we did not meet you at home.
"We promise that we are coming back for you. If you like,
tighten security."
Reacting to the new development, Governor Godwin
Obaseki, in a statement sent to IGBERE TV described the
incident as "barbaric" during a visit to the vandalised
building on Monday.
"What happened here is quite disturbing, we got the report
couple of weeks ago and the matter was reported to police
in the state.

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It is quite disturbing," Mr Obaseki said.
"This is a clear evidence of an attempt on the life of my
commissioner for youth. This matter has been reported and
I understand that investigations are ongoing.
"When you recall the alarm raised by the Deputy Governor,
Mr Philip Shaibu, over the weekend that some persons were
identified as hired assassins who had been brought into
Benin.
"It gives us call for concern that these investigations are
taking unnecessarily long.
"We will continue to pursue peace. We will continue to try
and use the apparatus of state and I hope that those
involved, those who have the responsibility to provide
security understand the dangers they are putting the state
into."
The governor said the people should not be blamed if they
resort to self-defence, accusing the police of turning "a
blind eye to the violence being perpetrated by some
powerful people" in Edo.
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