Uromi killings: What CDS, CAB, PFN said about massacre of 'hunters' in Edo

• The CDS, CAN, and PFN person condemned the mob sidesplitting of 16 hunters successful Uromi, Edo State, urging authorities to guarantee justness is served
• General Musa stressed the request for owed process successful information matters, portion CAN called the killings a usurpation of quality rights and lawlessness
• Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo suspended the state's information main arsenic investigations continue, urging calm and adherence to ineligible processes

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) person called for justness for the 16 hunters killed by a mob successful Uromi, Edo State, past Thursday, March 27.

The victims were mistakenly identified arsenic kidnappers.

Uromi Killings: CDS, CAN, PFN React As Victims' Family Demand Justice
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Their demands came arsenic the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, warned Kano youths against reprisal attacks, portion Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, suspended the caput of the state’s information corps, Friday Ibadin, a retired Commissioner of Police.

CDS condemns Uromi killing

In a connection by the Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, the CDS condemned the tragic killings and stressed that the incidental could person been avoided if the authorities had been notified to verify the identities of the victims.

“General Christopher Musa has condemned successful beardown presumption the unfortunate sidesplitting of hunters portion connected transit successful Edo State. The incident, which occurred connected 28 March 2025, could person been avoided if the due authorities were notified and progressive successful ascertaining the individuality of the victims,” the connection read.

Musa extended condolences to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the victims’ families and urged citizens to debar taking the instrumentality into their ain hands.

“The CDS besides urged Nigerians not to instrumentality laws into their hands but ever revert to constituted authorities successful matters that impact security. The Nigeria police, military, and different information agencies are good trained to grip specified matters,” helium said.

Musa assured Nigerians that the Armed Forces would enactment intimately with the constabulary and different information agencies to guarantee justness was served.

“The Chief of Defence Staff assured Nigerians that the Armed Forces of Nigeria volition enactment intimately with the constabulary and different applicable information agencies to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly enactment to book,” helium added.

He besides called connected each vigilante groups and hunters to registry with the due information agencies to modulate the possession of firearms.

CAN seeks justness for slain hunters

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) besides demanded justness for the 16 hunters killed successful Edo State.

In a connection by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN expressed profound sympathy for the victims’ families and emphasized the request for effectual instrumentality enforcement to rebuild spot successful the ineligible system.

“This extrajudicial sidesplitting is simply a grievous usurpation of quality rights and a chilling reminder of the dangers of lawlessness.“The authorities indispensable enactment decisively to code these failures and guarantee justness is served. Specifically, we telephone connected the authorities to behaviour a thorough probe into the sidesplitting of the sixteen hunters and to guarantee the perpetrators look justice.”

Urging Nigerians to cull mob actions and clasp bid and unity, helium said:

“In the look of specified challenges, we indispensable not succumb to despair. Instead, fto this infinitesimal spur america to unite for bid and security,” Okoh said.

PFN Condemns Killings, Calls for Accountability

Similarly, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) condemned the killings and called for a thorough investigation.

PFN’s National Secretary, Bishop David Bakare, described the enactment arsenic barbaric and urged the authorities to guarantee that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

“We powerfully condemn this barbaric and ungodly enactment of sidesplitting travellers nether immoderate circumstances.“Even if they were kidnappers, that does not warrant taking the instrumentality into our hands; the close happening was to manus them implicit to instrumentality enforcement agents for due probe and ineligible action.“We impulse that a thorough probe beryllium carried retired connected this substance to guarantee the culprits are brought to book, nary substance who they whitethorn be," Bakare said.

Edo Governor suspends information chief

In effect to the tragic killings, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo suspended the caput of the state’s information corps, Friday Ibadin, a retired Commissioner of Police. The determination is portion of an ongoing probe into the incident.

Authorities proceed to telephone for calm, urging citizens to let owed process to instrumentality its people successful bringing those liable to justice.

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