Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two kidnappers who allegedly abducted and murdered Faith Esekhagbona, a female student of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, on December 9, 2019.
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Lawal Jimeta, who disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing in Benin ,gave the names of the suspects as: Endurance and Eligah, saying that they were arrested on January 11, at their criminal hideouts.
He said the suspects have been charged to court and remanded ,adding that one infinix X smart phone, belonging to one of their victims; Faith Ojemire; one itel 5606 phone; one itel xn23 phone, and four sim cards were recovered from them.
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Similarly, the Commissioner also announced the arrest three suspected kidnappers in Igarra for the alleged kidnap of four lecturers and 13 students of the Department of Geology, University of Benin, who were in the area for field studies.
The suspects identified as Sani, Idris ,and Jibrin , were said to have been arrested on January 8.
The kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt and have returned since to their institution.
The Commissioner also announced the arrest of 30 suspected cultists belonging to different cult confraternities at different locations within the state for engaging in cultism, disturbance of public peace, armed robbery, and murder.
He explained that 13 of them have been charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.
He listed items recovered from the suspects four locally made guns, 13 live cartridges, four expended cartridges, two beret caps, one Samsung galaxy A-50 phone, and one unregistered motorcycle.
Jimeta further told journalists that, “in a rather nauseating development, Joshua , 26 , and Ezinna, 25, were arrested on March ,3, along Third East Circular Junction, off Upper Sokponba Road, Benin , with a set of twins and two other babies of different mothers (two males and two females) for conspiring with the mothers of the said children; Mary , Rebecca ,and Happiness , and using them to beg for alms”.
Similrly, he said ,”on February 23, Reverend John ,a self acclaimed pastor residing at Ewu in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state was arrested for allegedly raping a fourteen year old female.
“A medical report obtained from the hospital revealed bruises on the private part of the victim. The suspect will be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation
