Tag: murder
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No fewer than 77 suspects arrested for various criminal offences were on Friday paraded by the Edo State Police Command following a series of operations carried out across the state in June 2026. The suspects were apprehended for offences ranging from kidnapping and cultism to armed robbery, murder, unlawful possession of firearms, rape and other sexual and…
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Over 13 suspects have been paraded by the Edo State Police Command in connection with kidnapping, cultism, murder, armed robbery, and false news peddling. The suspects were paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, in the presence of the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, at the Command Headquarters. DAILY POST reports that among those…
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The Edo State High Court in Benin City has sentenced five suspects to death by hanging for the kidnapping and murder of one Barrister Osiobase Omo-Iyoha. edoceleb reports that Justice Efe Ikponmwonba sentenced five out of the six suspects to death on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The convicts, who include Valentine Debbie, Solomon Onobu, Ambrose…
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The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate allegedly linked to the abduction and murder of two hostages in the Okada area of Edo State, following intelligence-led operations in Ijebu-Ode. The suspects, identified as Gafaru Adamu, 25, and Muhammed Sanni, 20, were arrested in the Atiba area of Ijebu-Ode…