Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, BTC, Frank Irabor, and six others, were on Thursday arraigned at an Edo State High Court, Benin City, and remanded in prison custody. They were arrested on Wednesday by the Edo State Police Command for alleged involvement in illegal demolition of about 80 houses belonging to residents of Ulegun…
Land-Grabbing Akin to Domestic Terrorism, Kidnapping – Oba of Benin
… Urges action by state government The Oba of Benin, Ewuare 11, Ogidigan, has broken his silence on the controversy trailing the demolition of over 80 houses at Ulegun village in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State, resulting in the arrest of the village head, (Enogie) Sunday Eghosasere Omoregie, and the community’s Chief Priest…
