A former Commissioner for Youths and Sports in Edo State, Presley Ediagbonya, has died in the hands of his abductors.
His body was found on Friday night abandoned in a forest ending hopes by family members that he would be found alive.
The family had denied an earlier report of his death, after they paid N5 million ransom to his kidnappers.
The former Commissioner was abducted on his farm in Utese village, Ovia North-East LGA of the State on May 16 by gunmen.
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The Edo Police Command announced the discovery of Ediagbonya’s body in a statement Saturday morning by its spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor.
Ediagbonya’s body was said to have been found by some farmers in a forest at Utese, a village sharing boundary with Ondo State.
Confusion had trailed the whereabouts of Ediagbonya, following reports that he was killed by his abductors 2 days after his abduction.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
