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Police Confirms 7 Killed In Communal Clash In Edo, Man Kills Wife
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#Nigeria Police Force #edo #Gbelemonti #Maidoti #Otimenyin #Ovia #Police ©February 24th, 2025 ®February 24, 2025 2:20 am Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the killing of seven persons on Friday during a communal clash between the people of Gbelemonti and Maidoti communities in the Ovia South West Local Government of Edo State, with the police also arresting a member of the Edo State Vigilante group who shot dead and set ablaze a victim he falsely accused of being a thief out of malice due to misunderstanding the vigilante member had with the deceased; just as the new commissioner of police, Enekpen Otimenyin subjects police personnel in the state to retraining. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Speaker 1: Ador State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confound
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the killing of seven persons on Friday during a communal
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clash between the people of Billemonte and Mendoti communities in
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the Ovia Southwest Local government of Ado State. With the
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police also arrested a member of the Adosted vigilante group
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Whush of Dead and sent a blaze a victim he
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falsely accused of being a thief out of malice due
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to misunderstanding the vigilante member had with the deceased. Just
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as the new Commissioner of Police, an equin Ottomanian, subjects
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police personnel in the state to retraining. According to the
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l Post newspaper, the Adosted Police Command arrested a member
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of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly killing
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an artisan and certain his corps ablaze. The public relations
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officer of the command, Moses Yamo, disclosed this on Sunday
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in Benin City. According to the news media, Yamo said
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the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Textile Millroad
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Division following a distress called received from members of the
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public at about eight am on February twenty eight, twenty
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twenty five, he sent. The Divisional Police Officer in charge
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of the Textile Will Division received a cop that do
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saw a corps of a middle aged man lion on
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the sodost and bony. According to him, The Divisional Police
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Officer in charge of the Textile Will Road Division received
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a distress call at about eight am on Thursday February twenty,
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twenty twenty five from members of the public that the
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saw a corps of a middle aged man covered with
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sodost and set ablaze. The DPO mobilized and deployed his
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operatives to the city and actually found the corps burning
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under the sodost. They took the corps to the hospital,
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but they however found that there was a gunshot injury
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on the back of the deceased neck. Investigation has already
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commenced and we have one suspect in our custody who
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is the security person of the sill at the time
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the incident happened, he said. Yamo said the case has
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been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for in
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depth investigations, assuring that at the conclusion of the investigation,
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the suspect would be charged to court for murder. Then
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a post reported that the decease, identified as Lasarus as
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a Ehbo, was said to have held disagreement with the
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said local vigilante member, and that on the threadful day,
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the deceased was said to be returning home late in
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the night with his friend when they were accosted on
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the road near the sawmill by the suspect. The suspect,
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who was alleged to have been armed with a double
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barrel gun, was said to question the deceased while returning late.
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The suspect was also alleged to have labeled the deceased
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a thief and accused him of coming to still in
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the sawmill. It was further learned that during the interrogation,
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the suspect brought out his gun and showed the decease
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to death. He was to have dragged the deceased from
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the road side into the sun, where he allegedly gathered
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the sawdust in the willing company and served his body ablaze. Meanwhile,
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in her quest to read the stent of crime, the
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Commissioner of Police saety rety ennecpun Isopan ultimately directed for
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the immediate retraining of personnel to enhance their operational capabilities
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to tackle the challenges ahead. A total of one hundred
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and sixty one six O personnel how so far been
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retrained in two badges covering the following areas I VIP
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Escort E, Ambush and counter Ambush, three, Musketry, IV, combat
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craft V Tactical retrogration, movement by search and rescue, etc.
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The Commissioner of Police charged to personnel during the closing
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ceremony of the training for the second badge to be vigilant,
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courageous in the swift response to security bridge while upholding
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high professional standards devoid of harassment, intimidation and extortion. The
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Commandery assures all indigence and residents of the state of
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police readiness to deliver improved, effective and efficient service under
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her watch, said Moses Ayamo Iyamo. In another press released
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about the updates on the communal crisis between Willimonte and
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Medoti communities, said, on the twenty first of February twenty
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twenty five, at about ten am, the command received a
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distress call of an ongoing clash between Willimonte and Meldoti
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communities of overa southwest local government area. Operatives of the
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Igobasua Police Division in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and
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the vigilantes were promptly deployed to the area. The Taale
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evacuated some casualties to the hospital where seven persons were
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confound then, while six injured ones are currently receiving treatment.
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The joint operation is sustained as the situation has been
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brought under control and normal series stored. However, investigation into
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the cause of the clash has equally commenced. The Commissioner
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of Police Safely, Betty lectun isopen Ottomanion has vowed that
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no stone would be left unturned in order to unravel
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the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and avoidable incident and one
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members of the public to always channel their grievances to
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the appropriate authority rather than taking law’s eye to their hands.
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In another incident, police have arrested a man who killed
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his wife at Upper Mission Extension area in Bending City
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on Saturday. They endusted Police spokesperses Mosses Ayamu said on
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the twenty second of February twenty twenty five, at about
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ten pm, information was received that one Kilman is echo
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of number fifty Upper Mission Extension Benin City has killed
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his wife named success Is Echo, aged thirty eight years
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a was about to be lynched by an irate mob.
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Operatives of the Duaa Division swiftly responded to the report
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and met the lifeless body of the woman lying in
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the pool of her own blood with deep cuts on
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her herd. It took serious efforts by the police operatives
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to pacify the mob, rescue and turn the suspect into
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custody for investigation. The victim was removed and rushed to
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the hospital where she was confirmed dead. The Adorsted Commissioner
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of Police, seeing Betty enecun Isoplan, ultimately decried the recent
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cases of spouses being violent against each other, while assuring
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the public of diligent investigation into the death of the
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woman and whoever found culpable would be dealt with according
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to the law. Lady Queen day you puni in a
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morgage is a way
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