Police arrest 4 officers, POS operator, others for alleged extortion, abduction in Edo

The Edo State Police Command has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified arsenic Bonny Paul Onajite, and 4 different officers for alleged harassment, abduction, and extortion of individuals successful the state.

DAILY POST reports that different officers arrested by the Command for the alleged offences are Inspector Ehubarieme Wisdom, Inspector Arebame God’s Power, Corporal Mordi Philip, and Corporal Okon Elvis.

Other suspects see Destiny Emmanuel, a dismissed constabulary corporal; Goodluck Jaja, a POS operator; Samuel Nicholas; and Etim Bright, minibus drivers.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this connected Monday, April 11, 2026, successful a connection made disposable to newsmen successful Benin City.

Ikoedem said the Command described the apprehension of the suspects arsenic a breakthrough successful the combat against transgression elements disguising themselves arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers to perpetrate heinous crimes wrong Benin City and its environs.

She said the suspects reportedly operated on the Teboga axis disconnected Aduwawa, wherever they unlawfully stopped unsuspecting citizens, forcefully conveyed them astir assorted roads wrong Benin City, and yet took them to Point of Sale (POS) operators to fraudulently extort wealth from them nether duress.

According to her, the Command had, successful caller times, received respective complaints from members...