By Olayemi Esan
The PRESCO PLC has written a petition to the Edo State Police Command over the attack on the company's Investment and its personnel by some group of people from Eku Community in Delta State.
According to the petition signed by Presco Plc Security Manager, Ahmed Kabir on 30th March,2022 and obtained by Spye News on Thursday, which contradicted the Vanguard Newspapers publication on 30 March 2022, where it was alleged that Nigerian Army troops deployed in Ovre – Eku community; a border town between Edo and Delta states shot and killed one Master Cyril Obruche.
PETTITION ON THE ATTACK ON OUR INVESTMENT AND PERSONNEL BY SOME GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM EKU COMMUNITY IN DELTA STATE
On the 28” of March, 2022 at about 05: OOhrs, some community persons and some security Vigilante group from Eku community barricaded the link road between Presco Pic and Eku Community preventing our workers from gaining access to their various working place in Presco.
The resident Mobile police officers attached to the company quickly moved to the scene to see what the protest was about. However, before the policemen got to the scene of the protest, the number of the protesters has increased to about 1000 people, dangling and brandrshung all sorts of weapons Some of the Vigilante security were seen carrying pump action riffies and shooting sporadically into the air and they advised the stranded workers to go back home while the policemen retreated back to there duty post and continued to monitor situation.
About two hours later, the same protesters carried a young man with head injury to Presco gate and dumped the young man at the entrance of Presco gate who was believed to have died before they brought him to the gate. Later, the same protesters came back to the gate and demanded to take back the body of the young man. But at that junction, the matter was already reported to Igulaba Police Division in Orhionmwon Local Government area of Edo which was their jurisdiction where the body was dumped.
The protesters became agitated and set fire on our trucks and a motorcycle and also destroyed the entrance gate of the company and some of the security men on duty were beaten and injured by the protesters.
In view of the above, we have resolved to seek the assistance of your office and request that you take over the matter with a view to bring all the parties together for the purpose of peace to prevent further break down of law and order.