Qualla: Edo State Massacre https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Edo State Massacre https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre Edo State Massacre: Introduction https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre/ They were going home for the holidays. On March 28, 2025, sixteen Hausa hunters were traveling from Port Harcourt in Rivers State northward to Kano State, where their families waited for the Sallah festivities. They had been hunting -- it was their livelihood -- and they carried Dane guns, the traditional single-shot rifles used across rural Nigeria for generations. They never arrived. In the town of Uromi, in Edo State's Esan South East Local Government Area, the hunters were stopped, accused, and killed by a mob that acted on suspicion rather than evidence. The weapons in their vehicle were enough to condemn them.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/h/k/edo-state-massacre-wp/s1hk-edo-state-massacre-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Edo State Massacre: A Routine Stop, a Fatal Accusation https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre/ At approximately 1:30 in the afternoon, members of the Edo State Security Corps and local vigilantes stopped the hunters' vehicle at Udune Efandion, a community within Uromi. During a search, the security personnel found the Dane guns. These are legally common in Nigeria -- crude...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/h/k/edo-state-massacre-wp/s1hk-edo-state-massacre-a-routine-stop-a-fatal-accusation.mp3 0:06 2 full Edo State Massacre: The Weight of a Pattern https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre/ What happened in Uromi was not an isolated event. A 2024 Amnesty International report documented at least 391 mob-related killings across Nigeria between 2019 and 2022, noting a sharp increase over the preceding decade. The pattern is grimly consistent: an accusation -- of kidnap...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/h/k/edo-state-massacre-wp/s1hk-edo-state-massacre-the-weight-of-a-pattern.mp3 0:06 3 full Edo State Massacre: Condemnation from Every Corner https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre/ The response was swift and came from across Nigeria's political spectrum. President Bola Tinubu called the killings "dastardly" and ordered security agencies to identify and arrest the perpetrators, reaffirming that every Nigerian has the right to move freely within the country. ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/1/h/k/edo-state-massacre-wp/s1hk-edo-state-massacre-condemnation-from-every-corner.mp3 0:06 4 full Edo State Massacre: Aftermath and Accountability https://qualla.com/edo-state-massacre/ In the days following the massacre, the Edo State Police Command moved to make arrests. More than thirty suspects were taken into custody in connection with the attack. The state government pledged a comprehensive investigation and vowed that those responsible would face legal co...

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