Afrigather The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded one 18-year-old Adamu Usman, from Kano State for stealing artefacts from the residence of the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, on the Authorities Reservation Space, Benin.The c ommand additionally arrested 27-year-old Ibrahim Yahaya for kidnapping Mr. Igbinosun Evans, a frontrunner of Ugbogui Group, Ovia North East Native Authorities Space of Edo State…..CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
The duo had been amongst 5 suspects paraded by the state police command on the police headquarters, Benin Metropolis.
The state Commissioner of Police, Nemi Iwo, represented by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, stated Usman was arrested following experiences of theft of artefacts from the residence of the Esama of Benin.
He famous that artefacts of N500m had been stolen from Esama’s home by the suspect.
On questioning, Usman confessed that he was deceived by one of many suspects (now at massive), to return to Esama’s home to steal the artefacts, however that he was arrested by some juju in Esama’s residence.
“I used to be deceived by the person that took me there. He didn’t inform me we had been going to steal. After we received there, he stated I ought to bounce the fence and once I did so, the safety got here, and he ran away, whereas I used to be caught by juju, as a result of I grew to become confused till the safety caught me after which I regained my consciousness,” he stated.
In the meantime, Yahaya was stated to have collected N7 million earlier than releasing his hostage.
The PPRO stated. “The Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Nemi Iwo on the idea of obligation, gave marching orders to all DPOs and Tactical Groups Commanders to make sure the protection of all underneath his space of accountability by embracing community-based policing.
“In his dedication to sustaining the combat towards kidnapping, armed theft and different legal actions within the State underneath his stewardship, the command has recorded a breakthrough on this regard:
“Following experiences of theft of artefacts from the residence of the Esama of Benin, Chief Dr Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion positioned at Okada Avenue, GRA Benin Metropolis, operatives of the Command on surveillance across the residence arrested one Adamu Usman ‘m’ 18yrs on 23/07/2024 at about 0130hrs whereas attempting to steal artefacts.”
He added, “The value of the stolen artefacts is about N500 million. Upon interrogation, the suspect’s confession led to the arrest of one other suspect, named Etuk Bassey ‘m’ 36yrs who occurred to be the driving force who often conveyed these stolen artifacts.
“The suspects have confessed to the crime whereas efforts to trace and arrest different fleeing suspects are on.”
Persevering with, he stated, “On 09/07/2024 at about 0930hrs Mr Igbinosun Evans, chief of Ugbogui neighborhood was kidnapped and a ransom of N7 million paid for his launch by the household.
“Upon receipt of the grievance, Operatives of the Command’s Intelligence Speedy Response Squad tracked and arrested one Ibrahim Yahaya ‘m’ 27yrs. The suspect confessed to the crime and has been cooperating with the Police for the attainable arrest of others at massive and the restoration of their arms.”
He additionally introduced the restoration of a stolen automobile, Toyota Rav 4 with registration quantity EKY 855 JJ, from Mustapha Suleiman, a driver and his good friend, Isaac Joseph who got here from Lagos to promote the automobile in Benin-Metropolis, however had been apprehended by the police.
“The Lagos State Command has been contacted to take over the case for additional investigation,” he stated.
