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Edo Police Commissioner debunks bribery allegation report On By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Philip Ogbadu has denied reports that he and the head of the anti-cultism unit of the command colluded and released two suspected criminals accused of armed robbery and possession of firearms after allegedly collecting huge sums of money running into millions of naira. He also insisted that the said suspects are still in the custody of the police contrary to ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 May 2021 The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ibeh Udoka for allegedly absconding with his boss’ Toyota Corolla car and attempted to flee with it to Imo State, where he intended to sell it. The spokesman for the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Thursday, that Ibeh disappeared with the car on May 3, 2021, when his boss asked him to take it to the mechanic for repairs, but he allegedly headed for Imo State ostensibly to sel...

He was however apprehended by the police in Edo, according to Jubril Gawat, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos on New Media. "The Lagos Police Command has arrested one Ibeh George Udoka, for driving away his principals car to Imo State for sale... he was asked to deliver to the mechanic for repairs on 3rd May, 2021 and ever since then his phone number has been switched off," Gawat shared on Twitter. "The police operatives attached to Idimu Division of the Lagos State Pol...

SaharaReporters gathered that the suspect, Victor Osarentoe and one Esosa Douglas, were recently arrested by the police for armed robbery.

Vanguard News Driver absconds with boss’ car, put it up for sale On By Bose Adelaja The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested one Ibeh George Udoka, male, for absconding with his boss’ Toyota car, all the way from Lagos to Imo State and thereafter put it up for sale. Spokesperson of the Command, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, explained that on May 4,, 2021, at about 1 pm, one Mrs Akinola Ibironke, went to Idimu Police Division and reported that her driver by name Ibeh George Udo...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ibeh George Udoka for driving away his principal’s car to Imo State for sale. Muyiwa Adejobi, Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Thursday said on May 4, one Mrs Akinola Ibironke reported the matter to the Idimu Police Division. She had asked Udoka to take the Toyota Corola, Reg No. ABC 801 FU, to her mechanic for repairs on May 3. The suspect was not seen since then and his phone number remained switched off...

The state  Commissioner of Police, Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu, disclosed this in a statement signed by the command’s spokesman, SP Kongtons Bello, and made available to journalists in Benin yesterday. The commissioner also disclosed that traffic personnel have been deployed across the state to ensure free flow of traffic especially in Benin City. According to him, the command has put in place adequate security measures in ensuring the security of lives and property of our Muslims and the general p...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Police officers from Edo State Command early hours of Monday stopped a peaceful rally organised by the Godsent foundation in Benin city. Participants of the rally tagged ‘our mama must chop rally’ were held up in front of the Oba’s palace while trying to submit a letter to the Benin monarch on the need for women to have food on their table. Becky Agaga and Barrett Obehi who represented the president of the foundation, Amb. Osarodion Osagie said the peaceful ra...

NDLEA arrests 100 suspected drug traffickers in Edo The arrests were made in the first quarter of the year, an official says. The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested no fewer than 100 suspected drug traffickers with a seizure of 238,168 kilogrammes of illicit drugs. Buba Wakawa, the state commander of the agency, said this in Benin City on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mr Wakawa said the arrests were made in...

UNIBEN bursar escapes abduction as gunmen kill NSCDC officer The Punch Published 7:00 am The Bursar of the University of Benin, Mr Victor Imagbe, on Thursday, escaped being kidnapped by gunmen, who invaded his house at Ogheghe along the Sapele Road, Benin. But an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae, who was on guard duty at the home of the bursar, was killed by the gunmen, who also made away with his service rifle. A source at the Edo St...