What this man did is a heroic act but how he ended up is sad....Please read the story..
*Edo’s Fallen Hero: Time for the State to Stand with Ehigie’s Family*
*By: Rita Ebiuwa*
Easter Sunday turned into a day of both immense courage and deep sorrow in Edo State, as Mr. Ehigie, a devoted woodworker and hunter from Udo-Eguare, made the ultimate sacrifice while attempting to rescue victims from the hands of armed kidnappers.
While working in the forest, Ehigie unexpectedly encountered a group of armed men holding several innocent citizens hostage. Acting with rare bravery, he fired a warning shot that startled the kidnappers and provided a window of escape for the captives. With remarkable courage and quick thinking, he guided eight people through a known path to safety, ensuring their freedom.
Sadly, his heroic act came at a great personal cost. The kidnappers, enraged by the escape, regrouped and launched a vicious attack. When their gunfire failed, they resorted to brutal force, overpowering and killing Ehigie in cold blood.
In a further act of terror, the criminals later blocked the Ugbenin/Udo Road in a failed attempt to abduct more travelers, injuring two persons who are now receiving medical care. Thankfully, the hostages Ehigie rescued have been reunited with their loved ones.
Ehigie died a hero, selflessly putting the lives of others before his own. He leaves behind a grieving wife and three young children who now face life without their husband and father.
We urgently call on the Edo State Government to honor this gallant son of the soil. Proper and prompt compensation should be given to his widow and children. His sacrifice must not go unnoticed. He gave his life so that others may live. Let his family not suffer in silence.
*Edo’s Fallen Hero: Time for the State to Stand with Ehigie’s Family*
*By: Rita Ebiuwa*
Easter Sunday turned into a day of both immense courage and deep sorrow in Edo State, as Mr. Ehigie, a devoted woodworker and hunter from Udo-Eguare, made the ultimate sacrifice while attempting to rescue victims from the hands of armed kidnappers.
While working in the forest, Ehigie unexpectedly encountered a group of armed men holding several innocent citizens hostage. Acting with rare bravery, he fired a warning shot that startled the kidnappers and provided a window of escape for the captives. With remarkable courage and quick thinking, he guided eight people through a known path to safety, ensuring their freedom.
Sadly, his heroic act came at a great personal cost. The kidnappers, enraged by the escape, regrouped and launched a vicious attack. When their gunfire failed, they resorted to brutal force, overpowering and killing Ehigie in cold blood.
In a further act of terror, the criminals later blocked the Ugbenin/Udo Road in a failed attempt to abduct more travelers, injuring two persons who are now receiving medical care. Thankfully, the hostages Ehigie rescued have been reunited with their loved ones.
Ehigie died a hero, selflessly putting the lives of others before his own. He leaves behind a grieving wife and three young children who now face life without their husband and father.
We urgently call on the Edo State Government to honor this gallant son of the soil. Proper and prompt compensation should be given to his widow and children. His sacrifice must not go unnoticed. He gave his life so that others may live. Let his family not suffer in silence.
What a brave thing to do. May his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteA go fund Ehigie family should be launched
DeleteSo touching and traumatic..pray his family is compensated and they should look into this kidnapping and killings ..it's getting way too much...
ReplyDeleteRip and God comfort the families you left behind
Oh my God! This is sad.
ReplyDeleteHe was a brave and good man. This is so sad. May God rest his soul and hunt down his killers.
ReplyDeleteSo so painful.
Amen. This is so painful. Rest in perfect peace Ehigie our brave hero.
DeleteMay God comfort your loved ones.
I salute his bravery.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace.
Amen
DeleteMay His Soul Rest In Peace. Please Governments should have MERCY upon the family.
DeleteNot all heroes wear capes...
ReplyDeleteRest on gallant hero.
May your soul rest in peace with the Lord
Aww may God bless his soul. This is the new nigeria
ReplyDeleteHe is from mu community.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace.
Rest in peace Ehigie
ReplyDeleteThis is heartbreaking 💔 😢
May God console and comfort his family and loved ones..
May his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteHe really did great.
ReplyDeleteI pray his soul find rest and his family never be left alone.
May his soul rest in peace and May the Lord comfort his family.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord! May God comfort his family and may his soul rest in peace. Hopefully, his family will be compensated.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace 🙏.
ReplyDeleteWow! He was a great hero💪 may his soul rest in peace ✌️
ReplyDeleteHe was a brave man. Rest in peace man, may God comfort his family.
ReplyDeleteOh dear 😥 this heartbreaking 💔 rest in peace brave one 🙏 may God comfort his family at this time
ReplyDeleteThis is a very brave man who should be honored well.
ReplyDeleteMay God console his family and my his soul rest in peace
Adequate security should be provided for his family cos they may strike them in retaliation
This is so sad. He was a hero. May his soul rest in peace and may God give his family the fortitude to bear the lose
ReplyDeleteBravery and heroism are admirable, but in a place where insecurity is widespread, survival instinct becomes not just important, but essential. Sometimes the most courageous act is knowing when to step back, stay safe, and live to fight another day.
ReplyDeleteNigeria’s situation right now, whether it’s banditry, insurgency, kidnapping, or general unrest calls for wisdom. Even the bravest lion knows when to retreat into the shadows. It's not about fear, it's about being strategic. Staying alive is the first win. Everything else comes after.
May the Lord give his family the fortitude to bear.
He didn't choose his end be in the spirit pls.
DeleteOne soul passed instead of 8, that is a huge sacrifice irrespective of the nation's current situation.
DeleteThis man is a hero and now a heavenly saint.
@Anon 9:54 and 10:12. Sincerely, I appreciate his bravery, but the worst that would have happened is ransom in exchange for the kidnapped victims, except if the captors were bloodthirsty ritualists.
DeleteThe government should identify and compensate his family.
Be your brother's keeper.
DeleteI pray his sacrifice will not go in vain.
MichoHay, I am one with you on this.
DeleteMichoHay,
DeleteRead the story again.
You assume he did not make his calculations.
And certainly, you have not heard of cases where ransom did not secure release of hostages at all - life or body only.
May your good soul,find eternal rest.🙏🏿😭
ReplyDeleteWow! He was so brave.
ReplyDeleteMay God console his loved ones
Rest in peace hero ..
ReplyDeleteMay his brave soul rest in perfect peace.
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad Nigeria happened to him.
A country filled with wicked and heartless leaders that are not making genuine efforts to curb these ill happenings.
People are being kidnapped and some are unfortunate they don't even come out alive.
Nigeria has shortened the life span of most people causing heartbreaks to many families.
May God have mercy
Our leaders are heartless.
DeleteEverybody is safeguarding themselves now o
May the good Lord comfort his family, what an handsome man.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace 🙏
ReplyDeleteGod bless his soul
ReplyDeleteHe was so young, may God rest his soul and keeps watching over his family.
ReplyDeleteThey should do something about this kidnappings, it's getting out of hands.
This is so sad☹may God comfort his family
ReplyDeleteGod rest your soul 😭🙏🏼
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteHe was such a brave man
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace gallant soldier 🕊️
May His Soul Rest well
ReplyDeleteComfort To The Family 🙏
Hello iya Boys
RIP hero Ehigie
ReplyDeleteMay his beautiful soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteA brave man he was. May his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteOh! I cried reading this... May your soul rest in peace.amen🙏
ReplyDeleteMay God bless your generation amen
ReplyDeleteWhat a brave man
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace
The family of the people he rescued should also go and look for his family and compensate them. May his helpful soul rest in peace, amen.
ReplyDeleteOh no! This is so sad. May God grant his family the fortitude to bear this loss. Amen
ReplyDeleteSuch a young fine man 💔💔💔. May his soul rest in Peace 🕊️
ReplyDeleteRip fine brave man.
ReplyDeleteThis government don’t want to do the needful, any kidnapper caught should be executed immediately. They should not be left to live for another day. Some have turned it to business, torturing souls. People have gone through a lot in the hands of these wicked souls. Just look at what they did to this guy, his family will be left mourning now. May his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace. May God comfort his family. Amen.
ReplyDeleteI am so surprised that Edo indigenes home and abroad permitted this evil for so long since inception. If anyone told me that very powerful Edoites (including their witches and human serpents) who enjoy oppressing, egoistic tendencies and carrying other people's business on their head can allow these kidnappers desecrate their land, I will not believe it at all. I though Edo people are so powerful, strong and undefeatable with the way they loudly curse, pick unnecessary quarrels, gossip, distort and manipulate realty would have put a PERMANENT STOP to this bloodshed in their land by now. I am soooo disappointed to say the least. This world and Nigeria in particular, so much evil is happening around us but rather than focus and tackle even one small problems in our families, communities and nation at large, people prefer to invest their energy into minding other people's lives, mocking their realities, flying in and out just to 'slap'who them no fit, manipulating and instigating unnecessary discord to suit their narratives when they can use that same energy and resources having been 'blessed and better than others' to right somethings. Government cannot do everything and cannot be everywhere at the same time. If only each one of us can go back to when we GENUINELY LOOKED OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES, I am not sure that these wicked elements would thrive with new strategies daily and remain among us for so long. Make Edo women stand up oooh, make Edo youths stand up, make Nigerians stand up and reclaim our nation back because no where is safe any more, not even Lagos, sleepy Ibadan, or quiet eastern states. No one will rescues us from the invaders of our peace unless we arise as individuals and as a people to take decisive action.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great and brave man he was. May God rest his soul and give his family the fortitude to bear the loss. Nigeria, the land that sucks young people's blood
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