Edo: Police arrest two, recover vehicles stolen in 2024

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command person recovered a conveyance that was stolen from its proprietor successful 2024 and arrested 2 suspects successful transportation with the incident.
The bid besides recovered different conveyance from the suspects.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this successful a connection made disposable to newsmen connected Friday, June 26, 2026, successful Benin City.

Ikoedem identified the arrested suspects arsenic Emmanuel Afolayan and Ezikiel Aguele.

She said the conveyance stolen successful 2024 was intercepted and the suspects arrested by operatives attached to Textile Mill Road (TMR) Division connected June 22, 2026, during a regular stop-and-search cognition astatine a checkpoint on Siluko Road, Benin City.

She said the vehicle, a Daihatsu Hijet minibus, ash successful colour, with registration fig GBZ 646 YK, Edo State, belonged to 1 Dr Timothy Etinosa.

The command’s spokesperson said the proprietor had fixed the conveyance to Emmanuel Afolayan nether a hire-purchase agreement.

She added that Emmanuel Afolayan, however, absconded with the conveyance successful 2024 to an chartless destination, forged its documents, and subsequently sold it.

She explained that the ar...