The Edo State Government has directed all security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of #EndSARS protesters within 24 hours.
The Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, gave the order while addressing protesters after the sad occurrence, saying the government will not fold its arms and watch harm come the way of young people exercising their rights as citizens of the country.
Report said at least two persons died when hoodlums attacked #EndSARS protesters at Ring Road, Benin, on Friday.
However, in a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, on Friday, the deputy governor said only one protester was killed, vowing that perpetrators of the act would be brought to book.
He urged the youths to be calm and orderly, as they are together in this struggle.
The Edo State Deputy governor noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that there would be a reform, pledging also that the state would ensure that they have a reform that is people-friendly because the police are meant to protect lives and property not to destroy them.
For over a week, youths across the state who joined their counterparts from different parts of the country, have been demanding a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force and an end to extrajudicial killings by men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
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