Lucky Obukohwo, reporting
Tears and unforgettable pains on Saturday, swirl the mood of the Family of a thirty-three-year-old graduate who was allegedly shot dead by unknown political thugs during the February 25, Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Edo State as he was buried in Benin City.
The deceased, Identified as Festus
Idahosa was killed alongside three others when some political thugs attacked a polling unit at Ogheghe in Oredo Local Government Area of the state where he went to cast his votes.
The family who gathered to bury their son amidst tears, said the graduate was an entrepreneur who has concluded arrangements to pursue a master’s degree in the UK before his life was cut short at the polling unit.
Speaking shortly after laying the deceased to rest, his uncle Kenneth Aigbe, said he left his residence at Nomayo, Upper Sakpoba area to Ogheghe at ward 5 unit 9 where his voting center was located.
Aigbe said he was shocked when he received a call that Festus was shot dead.
According to him, “I was called at about 8:pm that he was shot death where he went to exercise his franchise.
“That was the last I heard from him when he left to cast his votes at Ogheghe ward 5 Unit 9 also since that day, I have not been myself and it has been a very terrible experience”.
While decrying his untimely death, Kenneth Aigbe is, however, appealing to the security agents and the federal government to unravel the killers using every instrument within their means.
David Jaja, the deceased friend, and his elder sister, Eunice Imatitikua who added their voices, described his death as sad and hard to believe.
While lauding his patriotic tendency, for leaving his abode in Port Harcourt before his life was terminated by the hoodlums, the duo said he died a hero.
Recall that, The graduate of Mythological Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, left his base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to vote in his hometown.
A stray bullet was said to have hit the now deceased Idahosa who hailed from Egbokor Community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State and a mother of two, Elizabeth Owie when they reportedly died on the spot, while one other victim was said to have died on the way to the hospital.
Another man who was shot in the head is still battling for survival at an undisclosed hospital in Benin City, Edo State capital.