Police crackdown on illegal arms in Edo, arrest suspects

Edo State Police Command says in its efforts to curb crime in the state, operatives have arrested some suspects for being in possession of illegal arms.

The command’s Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Moses Yamu, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Benin.

Yamu said operatives from Ehor Divisional Police Station on Oct. 5 arrested a suspect in Irue Community with a Beretta pistol.

In another separate operation on October 6, Yamu said the police raided an Eiye Confraternity initiation ceremony in Egbeiri community, Benin, where two suspects were arrested.

According to him, the operatives in the process confiscated a locally made revolver gun and two single-barrel guns.

“The suspects have confessed to the crime and will soon be charged to court,” he said.

The police spokesperson said the state Commissioner of Police, Nemi Iwo reassured the general public of the Command’s commitment to curb crime in the state.

Yamu said the commissioner reiterated the subsisting ban by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun on the activities of non-state actors in the state.

The PPRO further said that the command would not tolerate the bearing of firearms by anybody or any group under whatever guise in the state.