Operatives of the Edo State Security Network (ESN) have arrested four suspected armed travellers in Benin City, Edo State, recovering weapons in a swift operation aimed at curbing insecurity in the state.
The suspects — Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu — were intercepted at Ikpoba Hill while travelling from Doguwa in Kano State to Uvbe Community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
According to the spokesman for the Edo State Police Command, CSP Moses Joel Yamu, the operation led to the recovery of three Dane guns, six empty cartridges, three half-filled cartridges, four cutlasses, and two daggers from the suspects.
“The command wishes to inform the general public that four (4) suspects Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu intercepted by a member of the Edo Security Network with three (3) Dane guns, six (6) empty cartridges, three (3) half-filled cartridges, four (4) cutlasses and two (2) daggers, were swiftly taken over by officers from the Ikpoba Hill Police Station,” CSP Yamu said in an official statement.
The incident, which took place less than a month after at least 16 armed travellers were lynched by locals in Uromi, Esan North-East LGA, has stirred renewed public concern over the influx of armed individuals into the state.
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