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* The protesting local government workers marching on the popular Ring Road, Benin City... Thursday It was a sad day in Benin, the Edo capital, on Wednesday, as a civil servant slumped and died during a protest march over the refusal of the state government to pay salaries of local government workers. The workers, all dressed in black, blocked sections of the busy Ring Road holding placards and chanting anti-government songs while lamenting their plight. No Edo local government worker has been paid in 2016; with the worst hit being Egor LGA workers who are being owed 18-months salaries. It was in the midst of the protest march that a middle-aged male protester, Peter Ayewoh, from Esan North-East local governemnt council slumped and gave up the ghost. His body has been deposited in Uromi after the hospital certified him dead. As news of his death filtered through the crowd, protesters boiled in anger and the mood went sour. Some labour members made a move to attack a campa...