Security operatives arrest 113 suspected kidnappers at ransom collection point in Edo

The Edo State Police Command said it arrested nary less than 113 suspected kidnappers successful a time successful the state.

DAILY POST reports that the Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this successful a connection made disposable to newsmen connected Thursday 26, 2026 successful Benin City.

Ikoedem said the suspects were arrested connected Thursday, February 26, 2026 astatine astir 3 americium astatine “Zangos”, successful Agbede and Iruekpen successful associated cognition with the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, vigilante groups, and section hunters.

She said the arrested suspects are presently undergoing thorough profiling to ascertain their level of involvement.

She said the suspects and their collaborators were arrested astatine identified zango settlements successful Agbede and Iruekpen wherever they converged to person ransom payments.

According to the statement, successful a daring, intelligence-driven cognition carried retired successful the aboriginal hours of today, astatine astir 0300hrs of 26th February, 2026, the Edo State Police Command, nether the decisive and result-oriented enactment of the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Co...