(C), Gov. Monday Okpebholo, flanked on the right, CP Monday Agbonika during the parade of the suspects on Thursday, June 18, 2026 in Benin
Gov. Monday Okpebholo interviewing the suspects
Kingsley Abavo, Managing Editor, Benin
A gang member of abductors who took a woman hostage from the vegetable market, off the Airport road, Benin-City on Sunday, 14 June, 2026 has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command.
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His identity was given as Marvellous Isaac, a 32 year old. He and the gang adopted their victim where she had gone shopping after a church service with her family.
They attempted adopting the husband who managed to escape from them, before seizing the woman.
The Edo State Police Commissioner, Monday Agbonika disclosed this while parading arrested criminal suspects before the media on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the State Capital.
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Agbonika told journalists that one of the gang members who was simply identified as Precious, was terminated in gun battle with the Police during the rescue operation of the abducted woman, while two others escaped.
Acting on credible intelligence, the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), of the State Command arrested the suspect, he added.
“Items recovered from the suspects include a red Lexus RX 350 with registration number EKP 848 AE, which the suspect confessed was used in carrying out the kidnapping operation.
“One pump-action shotgun, two live cartridges, a cash sum of N2,250,000 suspected to be proceeds of crime, and one motorcycle.
“Investigation is ongoing, with efforts intensified to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang,” he said.
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In another Police operation, five suspects; namely Musa Haruna, Bali Sule, Mohammed Sani, Adamu Jafaru, and Mohammed Hashiru were arrested in connection with the attack on Young Shall Grow Motors, GUO Motors, and Akwa Ibom State Transport Company vehicles along the Benin-Lagos Road by Ogwa community.
Their arrest was made possible following a painstaking investigation, the Commissioner said.
According to him, one Musa Haruna was arrested and confessed to being a member of a seven-man kidnapping syndicate responsible for a series of kidnappings around the Ogwa community.
“The said Haruna led operatives of the VCRU to Ogwa Forest, where two decomposing bodies of their victims were recovered and evacuated for preservation.
“Further investigation led to the arrest of Bali Sule, Mohammed Sani, Adamu Jafaru, and Mohammed Hashiru in Ogun State. They all confessed to being involved in the heinous crime,” CP Agbonika said.
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