Photos: APC youth leader Samson Sedi shot dead by suspected armed robbers while attempting to rescue female petrol station attendant in Edo State
Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday, March 28, shot dead the youth leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako West nearby government of Edo State, Samson Sedi.
Sedi, popularly referred to as Power Remain, was allegedly killed by armed robbers while trying to rescue a lady petrol station attendant at NNPC mega in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area, who was robbed on Wednesday in Jattu.
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The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed surprise at the news of the brutal killing of Mr Sedi.
“I turned into stunned on receiving the information of Mr. Samson Sedi’s demise. My heart is going out to his circle of relatives. I even have ordered the relevant safety organizations to arrest the killers and prosecute them right now,” Obaseki stated.
He described the overdue Sedi as “a grassroots mobiliser, a philanthropist who cared for orphans and a wonderful lover of people, whose demise is a massive loss to Edo humans and the APC.”
“I learnt he become riding right into a avenue round a petroleum station in Jattu and heard a lady petrol station attendant shouting for assist. The past due Sedi, drove into the petrol station to envision what changed into happening, best to be shot with the aid of the armed robbers who had been operating on the petrol station. Sedi has been with us in our birthday party for a long term and I sympathise with his own family,” the governor stated.