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Edo Residents Handovers 4 Herdsmen Caught With Guns To Police
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/edo-residents-handovers-4-herdsmen-caught-with-guns-to-police/13/04/2025/
#Issues #Benin #Doguwa #edo #Kano #OrhionmwoN #Uvbe ©April 13th, 2025 ®April 13, 2025 1:49 pm Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that some residents including vigilante members have handed over to it, four persons from Kano State caught with dane guns in Benin City, the police said the suspects are hunters and not herdsmen as alleged by members of the public, and on the other hand, the Kano State Government has submitted the actual names of victims and their next of kin to the Edo State Counterpart over the killing of travellers caught with guns at Uromi last Month by irate mobs. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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edo state command of the Nigeria Police
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Force has confirmed that some residents
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including vigilante members have handed
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over to it four persons from Carno State
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Court with Dane guns in Benin City the
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police said the suspects are hunters and
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not herdsmen as alleged by members of
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the public and on the other hand the
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Carno state government has submitted the
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actual names of victims and the next
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ofkin to the Edeto state counterpart
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over the killing of travelers caught
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with guns at aromi last month by IATE
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mobs the carno state government led by
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the deputy governor while in Benin city
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during the week confirmed the actual
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total numbers of persons killed at aromi
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to be 16 saying the victims hailed from
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five local government areas of Carno
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state edo state command of the Nigeria
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Police Force in a statement it issued on
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Saturday said that the Edeto command is
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aware of a misinformation on the social
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media that four herdsmen armed with guns
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were arrested at Americanus Hotel on the
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Semingh High Street after Big Joe Motors
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Ramar Park or Benny quarters and handed
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over to the police the command wishes to
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inform the general public that four
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suspects Ysef Abdul Karum Mujahed Gaba
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Shitu Idrris and Jamalu Habibu
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intercepted by a member of the Edeto
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security network with three dame guns
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six empty cartridges three half- filled
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cartridges four cutlesses and two
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daggers were swiftly taken over by
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officers from the Epoba Hill Police
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Station preliminary investigation
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reveals that they are hunters not
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herdsmen they were from Dogua in Carno
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state heading to Huve community in
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Oranwan local government of Edo state
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meanwhile investigation is ongoing the
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Edeto state commissioner of police CP
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Monday Abonya wishes to use this
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opportunity to discourage residents of
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the state from circulating wrong
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information capable of causing
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unnecessary tension the police said
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assigned and made available by the
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police command public relations officer
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CSP Moses Joel Yamu a news release from
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the office of the chief press secretary
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to the Edeto state governor indicated
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that the Edo state governor Senator Mand
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Pvolo has disclosed that the federal in
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collaboration with the Edeto state
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government have set up a factf finding
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committee to look into the circumstances
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surrounding the recent killings of some
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hunters in Aromi Edo state governor
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Ovolo stated this on Thursday when he
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received a high-powered delegation from
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Carno State led by the deputy governor
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of the state Comrade Aminu Abdul Salam
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Guazo at the government house in Benin
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City the governor said President Bola
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Ahmed Tanubu is not happy over what
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happened in Aromi and he is determined
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to ensure the state and nation are safe
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for everybody to live and do business
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this incident has opened our eyes and we
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are ready to address a lot of issues
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about the country and how to make life
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better for us all the president is not
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happy with what has happened and he
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wants us to see to the end of this
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dustedly act the president personally
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wants to see to the end of this issue i
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want to also let you know that the
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president and Edo state government have
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set up a committee to find out the
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remote cause or causes of the incident
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and put a lasting solution to the issue
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this report you have submitted will
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actually help us so that we do not have
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to worry you a lot will be done and made
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open to the public to know what the
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committee is doing on the issue we are a
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peaceloving people in Edo state we love
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those living with us in the state carno
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and Edo state have been collaborating in
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the area of commerce and industry he
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stated the deputy governor of Kano state
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comrade Amu Abdul Salam Guazo
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appreciated governor of Pebbolo for his
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earlier visit to Carno he noted that the
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delegation was in Edo state to thank the
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governor for the peaceful steps he took
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when he came to Carno state in regards
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to the Aromi incident the governor of
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Carno state set up a committee to screen
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and verify to establish the names
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numbers next of kqin and those who
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survived the attack we have been able to
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carry out these activities and we have
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come out with a report which we are here
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to submit to your excellency you
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promised us that justice will be done
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and we believe you on this mr governor
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we need a transparent process on this
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issue 16 persons lost the dear lives
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from five local government areas of
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Carno state he explained present during
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the visit were the deputy governor of
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Edo state honorable Dennis Idaho speaker
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Edeto state house of assembly right
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honorable blessing Abbeaku security
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heads in the state senior government
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officials both from Carno and Edo state
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among others governor Ovolo and the
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delegation from Carno also visited Aroi
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where they met with members of House of
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Community in the area the news release
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reads in quote assigned and made
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available by Fred Ishua the chief press
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secretary to the Edeto state governor on
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Thursday the 10th of April
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2025 we had last month reported that the
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Edeto state governor Monday ovolo on
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Monday visited Carno state to sympathize
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with the people of the state over the
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last Thursday killing of travelers at a
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Romy town in the Essen northeast local
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government area of Edeto state when some
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youths in the Edeto community that have
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been experiencing incessant killings and
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abductions of the villages by suspected
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herders stopped a moving Dangote cement
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truck and found the travelers to be in
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possession of 19 locally fabric
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fabricated guns which some members of
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the public claimed the travelers were
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hunters traveling from Port Harcourt in
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Rivers state to Caro with the guns
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alleged to be licensed this the Nigeria
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police boss the inspector general of
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police IGP Care Eggbeen apparently
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dismissed the allegations that the DNE
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guns were licensed and probably
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described the victims to be in
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possession of illegal firearms and thus
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warned and directed anyone in possession
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of illegal firearms to surrender such to
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the nearest police station and directed
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the deputy inspector general of police
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in charge of the force criminal
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investigation department FCID Digs Sadi
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Kabu Bakar to take over the case with
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reports indicating that the 14 suspects
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arrested in connection to the mobbing
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and burning to death of the travelers
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said to be 16 in numbers may have been
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transferred to Abuja for police
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investigation
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