Another Journalist murdered in Benin City

Barely four weeks of the killing of Mr. Chucks Ogu, a Journalist with Independent Television and Radio, a privately owned Television Station in Benin,  was gruesomely murdered, another Journalist, Mr. Sashua Edeghagba has been killed by suspected armed robbers on Tuesday in Benin City, Edo State Capital. 

 

Edeghagba, a crime Correspondent with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Bronze FM, Benin City, was shot dead on Tuesday night by unknown gunmen at number 12, Dawson lane off Dawnson street, Benin City, Edo State.  

While Police said late Chucks Ogu's death is a case of "mistaken identity", that of Edeghagba was explained by the Police as a case of stray bullets from a robbery scene.  

Reports have it that the late Edeghagba met his untimely death when he went to fix his car only to run into a robbery scene where himself together with a Policeman were shot.  

Confirming the incident, Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olayinka Balogun,said the robbers fired sporadically into the air to scare away people after alarm was raised by neighbours who got wind of the robbery.  

“There was a robbery incident Tuesday night and one of the victims they robbed was a policeman, who the robbers did not identify as so, since he was in mufti. 

"During the robbery, neighbours who got wind of it raised alarm and started pursuing the robbers who at the same time started shooting sporadically to pave way for their escape. 

“In the process, their bullets hit a policeman and another person who was later identified as a journalist. They were not the direct target of the hoodlums,” Balogun added. 

Also speaking on the incidence, Bronze FM Controller of News and Current affairs, Mr Olufemi Fulani, said Edeghagba was killed by armed robbers who stormed the area where he had gone to fix his car, only to be met by the unfortunate incident. 

"There was a robbery operation going on near the place where Edeghagba went to repair his car, it was learnt in a desperate bid to escape when neighbours raised the alarm over the robbery operation, the robbers purportedly shot sporadically to scare people away, and in the process shot a policeman and Edeghagba", Fulani said.  

The corpse of the late Journalist has since been deposited in an undisclosed mortuary, while the policeman was said to be receiving treatment in a yet unknown hospital.