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[FILES] Edo State. Photo: TWITTER/GORVERNOROBASEKIThe Edo State Police Command, yesterday, deployed mobile policemen to warring Uhonmora and Sabongida communities in Owan West Council Area of the state. Commercial and other activities in the communities were reportedly disrupted following three days of communal clash in which three persons were reportedly killed. x The Guardian learned that communal clashes, which started on Sunday, were caused by a land disp...

Henry Shobowole escaped during a prison break last October. They were some of the 1,993 inmates who were freed when thugs attacked two Medium Security Correctional Centres in Benin on October 19, 2020. The thugs that set them free had capitalised on the nationwide #EndSARS protests that saw hundreds of Nigerians demonstrate against years of police brutality. The jail breaks forced Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, to impose a state-wide 24-hour curfew in a bid to contain the situation. The ...

Views: Visits 58 A State High Court in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday, Feb 12, sentenced a SARS officer, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, who are currently at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015. The slain car dealer, Benson Obodeh, 26, was suspected by the police to belong to a criminal gang which allegedly stole a Peugeot car in Lagos. He was said to have been arrested at his home in Benin City on May 21, 2015, and tortured to death the same day ...

Dismissed SARS officer sentenced to death over extra-judicial killing The police constable and member of the defunct SARS, is said to have conspired with other constables, who are now at large, to kill a suspected criminal in 2015. 2 min read A State High Court in Benin City, Edo Sate, on Friday, sentenced a police constable, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, said to be at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015. The slain car dealer, Benson Obodeh...

… places reward of up to N250, 000 for information leading to rearrest of escapee prisoners Edo State Government has opened a portal for members of the public to submit credible information that could lead to the arrest of fleeing inmates from two Medium Security Correctional Centres (MSCC) in Benin City, the state capital. This is even as it placed a reward of up to N250,000 for information that could lead to the rearrest of escapee prisoners. The State Government urged members of the public...

ADVERTISEMENT The Edo State Government is considering granting pardon to inmates that stayed behind during the jailbreaks in the two Medium Security Correctional Centres in Benin City when the EndSARS project was hijacked by hoodlums. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, also said the government will place a bounty for useful information that can lead to the re-arrest of escapees. The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) disclosed after the jailbreaks in Benin on October 18, that 1,993 inmates es...