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BENIN CITY – A Chief Corp Assistant in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), ACP Alex Ugiagbe has been killed in a gun battle with kidnappers who attempted to abduct the bursar of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) at his private residence in Benin City. The incident occurred at Ogheghe community, Off Sapele road in the state capital, yesterday morning. It was learnt that though the gallant officer later died of bullet wounds, his sporadic firing prevented the kidnappers from succeeding as they swiftly retreated with varying degrees of injuries. A dependable source hinted our c...

Six months after the October 19, 2020 jailbreaks at the Benin and Oko Medium Security Correctional Centres in Benin City, Edo State, over 1,685 inmates are still at large, The Guardian investigations have revealed. The jailbreak was one of the high points of last year’s #EndSARS protests, which were purportedly hijacked by hoodlums. x Before the incident, the two correctional facilities had 1, 993 inmates comprising those convicted to life imprisonment and awaiting-trial inmates. The Correctional Centre in Benin City on the Benin-Sapele Road was built in ...

NSCDC personnel killed as UNIBEN Bursar escapes attempted abduction On By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, Thursday confirmed the death of one of its personnel as his principal, the bursar of University of Benin, Mr Victor Imagbe escaped being kidnapped. The NSCDC spokesperson, Ogbebor Efosa who confirmed the incident gave the name of the dead officer as Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae. It was gathered that Imagbe, on Thursday morning escaped being kidnapped by some gunmen who invaded his house along Sapele Road, Benin City killing the ...

They scaled a fence in attempt to flee after robbery and landed in the bursar’s compound. It was further gathered that the gunmen on landing in the compound met the NSCDC officer identified as Alex Osaghae sleeping and shot him dead. Daily Trust further learnt that the hoodlum after killing the officer made away with his official rifle. Meanwhile, the UNIBEN bursar, Victor Imagbe, and the public relations of the institution, Benedicta Ehanire, didn’t respond to inquiries as at the time of filing this report. Reacting to the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command, ...

  Security operatives have thwarted an attempted jailbreak by inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ubiaja in Edo State. Aminu Suleman, who is the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo State Command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the incident occurred on Wednesday following a riot after the inmates refused to return to their cells. According to the command spokesman, some inmates later instigated others to effect a jailbreak for possible escape after they heard about the incidents at the correctional facilities in Ok...