The perceived poor approach to insecurity by the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on assumption of office, may have led to the worsening insecurity in the state, which fuelled the March 27 lynching of a group of travellers in Uromi.
The governor has been accused by his opponents of not being proactive to the issue of insecurity since he assumed office in November 2024.
Though the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, had temporarily suspended the state government-owned vigilante services in the state shortly before the September 21, 2024 governorship election, the residents of the state had expected Governor Okpebholo to restore it in view of the deteriorating insecurity in the state.