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The rate of violence in the Country has continued to be a source of concern and alarming for the people and government at various level.
This ranges from communal boundary crisis, cult war, family inheritance tussle, money lending issue to land grabbing.
Hardly a day without a report of one violence or the other as the people often sleep with one closed and the other open.
Little wonder that the media was awash recently following the recent attempted on one Osatohamwen Elefe, a 400 level student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State
Osatohamwen was said to have had financial difficulties in paying his school fees, rentage and others, a situation that reportedly almost made him to drop out of school till he met a friend who later lend him money with 10% interest rate.
This was even as Osatohamwen's mother was said to have been sick and hospitalized at the hospital, a situation that demanded money from him, hence, a double Jeopardy for Osatohamwen.
Trouble was learnt to have started when Osatohamwen was led by a friend to another friend to seek financial loan from him.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity over security reasons, Osas agreed to lend Osatohamwen the money he needed and thereafter felt relieved.
It was gathered that the lender, Osas "had also stated that the conditions were that Osatohamwen had to pay the money back with a 10% interest at an agreed time that failure to pay at the time will lead to another addition of 10% with each additional month.
However, on the expiration of the date for the loan repayment, Osatohamwen it was scooped could not meet up with the payment, hence, there was another agreement with the lender that Osatohamwen should be running some shady errands for his.
"Both parties (Osatohamwen and Osas) later agreed that Osatohamwen should be running some errands for him to wipe out his debt.
"The errands included some shady business (drug related deals) and later on, it became harder for Osatohamwen to execute and there was no end in sight for", our source stated.
Apparently frustrated with the ugly situation facing him, Osatohamwen was decided to report his ordeal to the police with the intent to getting freedom.
This according to multiple sources escalated Osatohamwen's ordeal as some police officers who are friends to Osas and his gang Upon sighting Osatohamwen at the police station reported to Osas.
It was gathered further Osatohamwen was branded a traitor and debtor by Osas and his allies who allegedly felt Osatohamwen was going to expose their secret to the police.
The worst was said to have happened on January 16, 2021 when some suspected gunmen allegedly sent by Osas invaded his house with the intent to eliminate him.
Osatohamwen was said to have narrowly escaped death from the hands of the hoodlums while his cousin Besheri Dirisu who was stabbed by the gunmen later died on his way to the hospital.
The hoodlums numbering about 10 according to eyewitnesses piqued by the escape of Osatohanmwen, later set his house ablaze
Attempts to obtain reaction from the police authorities in Edo state over the incident proved abortive.
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