THE Edo State Police Command has killed one suspected kidnapper and rescued two victims, Samson Osegbowa, and Stanley Peters, who were abducted while working on their farmland in Ago-Orio community along Benin-Lagos Road of the state. In a statement by the Assistant Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, it …
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Edo State Police Command arraigned two persons on Monday at the Oredo Magistrate Court for allegedly providing false information that led to the wrongful arrest of three people. The accused, Gabriel Ekhaigba, male, 77 and Bashiru Aliu, male, 50, were arraigned on two charges bordering on conspiracy and false information. When …
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Police operatives attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) in the late hours of September 7, 2022, successfully busted an illegal petroleum refining operation in Edo State. Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the development followed the interception of intelligence on activities …
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cult A recent cult rivalry between Aye and Eiye confraternities in Benin City, Edo State capital, has resulted in the death of two members of the warring factions in the last 72 hours. One of the victims, 40-year-old Taiwo Edigie, was reportedly killed Thursday, 25 August, 2022, at Oho Street, …
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After a trigger-happy vigilante identified as George Eboigbe reportedly cut short the life of Itila while returning home from work, the relatives of the deceased, Armstrong Itila are still in conflict with the sad reality that their beloved has painfully exited this world. The memory of Itila, a six feet …
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Zachariah in connection with the death of 20-year-old girl, Precious Aigbokhode, who was raped and stabbed to death at Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. Precious was said to have bled to death after being stabbed several …
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The Edo State Police Command arrested Ahmed Ibrahim, a notorious burglar, for stealing nine plasma television sets from three different hotels in Edo and Lagos states. This was stated by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer. According to the statement, “On 14/07/2022 at about 0930hrs, Edo State …
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Edo State Police Command has confirmed the clash between Hausa and Igbo traders at the popular New Benin Market in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. Sources had reported that angry youths mainly traders at the New Benin Market went on a rampage after an Igbo trader …
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Benson Nosakhare masquerading as a prophet who deceives members of the public using false prophecy and divine pronouncements in Benin City. Spokesman of the Command, SP Bello Kantogs, in a press statement, said one of the victims, Mr. Osamudiamen Thompson, …
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The Edo state police command has arrested and detained four of their officers over the death of one vigilante member, Ikponwonsa Aikpitanyi. According to BBC News Pidgin, the vigilante member was trying to stop a woman from disposing refuse on the road before police officers who tried to intervene in …
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