Etsako West Council Boss Dies

Chairman of Etsako West local government council of Edo State, Mr. Hassan Kadiri is dead. He was reported to have died from a protracted illness. He was said to have died few hours after some youths in the local government stormed the council secretariat demanding that he steps down as the council boss due to ill-health. The youths were said to have stormed the secretariat with placards and disrupted activities arguing that the ill-health of the late council boss was slowing down development in the locality. Some of the protesters were alleged to be students of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, and some were arrested by the police while others escaped.