Soldiers in Delta State Execute Police Informant in Extra-Judicial Killings (Graphic Photos)

According to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters, military officers in Delta State have executed a police informant named Benson Ogedegbe.

 

Sources revealed that Mr. Ogedegbe, a resident of Ethiope LGA of Delta State, was on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 shot at close range in broad daylight by Lance Corporal Obinna of the 19th Battalion, stationed at the Koko Military Base in in Delta State.

Benson was the Chairman of a Vigilante Group, and a police informant, providing information on the criminal activities in the West Ethiope Area.

 

Police sources said people witnessed the extra-judicial murder on Tuesday morning. Several witnesses at the scene said one Lance Corporal Obinna, Captain Femi, and three other military officials stalked Mr. Benson on an expressway, stopped his car by shooting at it, pulled him out for severe beating, then spoke to somebody (Lieutenant Colonel Umar) on a communications device before stepping forward and fatally shooting him in a close range.

Two police sources told SaharaReporters that the murder of Mr. Ogedegbe was a deliberate, calculated, and desperate attempt by officers at Koko Military Base to protect the financial interests of gangs operating in the Ethiope West LGA. According to the police, these criminal gangs pay off top officers at the 19th Battalion of the Nigerian Army, and enjoy protection from these military officers.

The primary mission of the 19th Battalion at Koko base is to protect the oil pipelines in the area from theft, sabotage, and damage. However, numerous sources, including residents and police officers, told SaharaReporters the soldiers at Koko Military Base have for several years been terrorizing the community with impunity.