Edo council boss rewards family of soldier who died after rescue operation

By Ozioruva Aliu
BENIN CITY – THE Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area and Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Edo State, Hon. Sunny Ekpeson, has redeemed a N20 million pledge to the family of late Lance Corporal Fahad Sani of the 195 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Agenebode.

The late Sani died on July 2, 2026, after a fatal road accident along the Okpella Highway while returning from a successful rescue operation.
He and his colleagues had reportedly responded to a distress call involving kidnapped victims in the bushes of Okpella. The operation successfully rescued the victims, but tragedy struck on their return when a speeding trailer hit th...