Tag: Edo Police Command
Police foil kidnap attempt, arrest 4 in Edo
The suspects arrested include Ayo Jeremiah Obazuwa, 50; Sule Kelson Jubril, 34; Silas Uwana, 33; and Ogbonmwan Jude, 37.
Police ambush kidnappers in Edo, kill one, recover ₦240k, charms
The statement added that the operatives "suddenly encountered some hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers emerging from the forest."
Two women in police net over theft, sale of 9-day-old baby for N400k in Edo
Wilfred Nosa Iyere (62) was alleged to have sold the baby girl to Juliet Agboifo (45), at Ogida Quarters, Benin…
Mummified bodies: Edo police arrest 10 suspects, says morgue operator not licensed
The Police Command through its deputy spokesman, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, had in the night of Wednesday, 17 August, 2022, announced…
Police raid Edo communities, recovers guns, ammunition, others
On arrival at the community, the other miscreants terrorizing the community on sighting the operatives took to their heels into…
Cult war: Police crack 30 suspects, recover severed head of victim in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke A recent cult rivalry between Aiye and Eiye confraternities in Benin City, Edo State capital, has resulted…
Funeral Home or ritualists’ den? Controversies trail Edo mummified bodies
Disturbed by the controversy generated by the alleged Ritualist Den, Governor Godwin Obaseki, gave the State Police Command and other…
Battle in Edo forest: Police kill kidnapper, rescue four victims
Iwegbu stated that a victim who escaped from the kidnappers’ den told the police about their whereabouts at Iyuku Forest…
JUST IN: Police recover 20 mummified bodies from Benin building
The corpse were discovered in a building along Asoro slope off Ekenhua road, Uzebu quarters, Benin city,
Police kill 5 kidnappers in Edo, rescue victim
Items recovered at the scene include two locally-made pistols, charms and cartridges
Kidnapping: Respite on Benin-Ekpoma road in the last 90 days
The only kidnapping activity witnessed in the state in the last 120 days was carried out along the Benin-Lagos express,…
7 policemen arrested for corruption in Edo
Edo Police Command has set up an Ad-Hoc committee to checkmate the ugly incidents of corruption among its operatives.
Police rescue three traditional worshippers from kidnappers in Edo
The statement said: "The Command through its Divisional Headquarters at Ugo received a complaint that hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers…
Insp. Efe Ishiaka stabbed to death inside Benin’s apartment
By Jethro Ibileke A 40-year-old female police inspector, Efe George Ishiaka, has been allegedly stabbed to death inside her lover’s…
Edo man Zachariah arrested over rape, murder of Aigbokhode
The deceased was said to have bled to death after being stabbed several times after she was raped on the…