Soldiers from the 4th Brigade, Benin, Edo State attached to Presco Oil
Plc, Ovre-Eku, in Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State have
been accused of stomping a 20 month old baby to death during an early
morning raid at Eku community.
mother of the baby, Mrs. Maureen Atori, explained that she was in bed
with her husband, Mr. Collins Atori when the door to their apartment was
smashed open by a team of angry looking soldiers and policemen who
tried to forcefully take her husband away.
According to her: “As they (soldiers and policemen) were beating my
husband and dragging him on the ground, I and my second son were
pleading with them to tamper justice with mercy and leave him alone. It
was during the commotion that one of the soldiers stomped on my baby,
David.”
Continuing, Mrs. Atori, who also suffered injury on her leg, said:
“Though it did not occur to me that the impact on my baby was that
serious as I was more concerned about the whereabouts of my husband,
until he (David) started acting strange and later died as he was being
rushed to the hospital.”