Police rescue abducted couple, mother, son in Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command person rescued a couple, parent and a 14-year-old lad from suspected kidnappers successful the State.

DAILY POST reports that the Commissioner of Police successful the State, Monday Agbonika, disclosed this portion speaking with newsmen connected Tuesday, May 12, 2026 successful Benin City.

Agbonika said the notorious kingpin liable for the kidnapping identified arsenic Yusuf Hassan, a.k.a Dogo Yellow and 9 different members of the syndicate were arrested by the operatives.

He said the victims and suspects were rescued and arrested with the instauration and deployment of drone technology, high-tech surveillance gadgets, integer tracking systems and intelligence-led policing strategies.

He said the technologies person importantly improved the Command’s operational effectiveness, particularly successful combating kidnapping and convulsive crimes crossed Edo Central and Edo North Senatorial Districts.

He besides said that the technologies were deployed to the apprehension of the notorious kidnapping syndicate liable for terrorising guiltless residents wrong Uromi, Ewato, Emu, Okwesan, Ugboha and the full Esan South-East axis.

The Commissioner gave the names of the rescued victims arsenic Mrs Ezighode Ebosele and her 14-year-old son, Wisdom Ebosele and Mr Okarewagba Benth, 54 and his wife, Mrs Okarewagba Ruth, 50 years.

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