Police arrest three over alleged killing, burning of houses over girlfriend in Edo

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects successful transportation with the alleged sidesplitting of a young antheral and the burning of 4 houses successful the state.

DAILY POST reports that the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incidental to journalists successful Benin City on Monday, June 15, 2026.

Ikoedem stated that 4 houses were acceptable ablaze by immoderate youths pursuing the incident, not 7 arsenic had been reported.

DAILY POST gathered that the incidental occurred connected Friday, June 12, 2026, astatine Ogute-Ke, a assemblage successful Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.

A root who spoke connected information of anonymity said the incidental stemmed from an alleged misunderstanding implicit a girlfriend.

According to the source, the incidental occurred soon aft the assemblage celebrated its Olimi Festival. Several different persons were besides said to person fled the assemblage to debar arrest.

“Trouble started successful the assemblage during a enactment held to observe the burial of a fashionable main successful the locality. At the party, 1 of the young men became aggravated that different antheral was dancing with the miss helium had brought to the event.

“The aggrieved idiosyncratic allegedly utilized a cutlass to inflict an wounded connected the different man’s neck. The unfortunate was rushed to the hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

“When quality of his decease r...