Edo State by some unidentified security operatives. It had earlier been reported that the unarmed man was gunned down by police officers who had gone to round them off at their residence. he Police, however, stated that the man belonged to a violent kidnap for ransom syndicate who were tracked down to that location.In an update made via the Police social media page, they wrote:
It has been established that the armed men in the viral video are not officers of the @PoliceNG but operatives of a sister security agency. All the men rounded up in the video are members of a violent kidnap for ransom syndicate who were tracked…
But in another development, a private investigation led by Town Criers NG has revealed that there is no evidence by the Police to prove that the deceased was a kidnapper. In a series of posts made on Twitter,they claimed the man was a theatre practitioner based in Benin, Edo State. The investigation currently reveals that the slain young man, Mr Ali, was a known theatre practitioner in Benin