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Speaker 1: Edo State Police Commissioner Monday Agbonica has marked his one

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month in office with a statement that over thirty seven

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persons among the people under the custody of kidnappers in

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the state have been rescued within thirty days. He took

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over as Commissioner of Police in the heartbeat of the nation.

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According to the cp Agbonica. Before he resumed office in

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Edo State, he was specifically briefed by the Inspector General

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of Police and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission

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on security challenges of secret cult activities and kidnapping peculiar

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to the state. In CP Agbonika said, distinguished gentlemen of

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the press, as you are all aware, I assume duty

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on Tuesday, the eighth of April twenty twenty five as

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the fiftieth Commissioner of Police. I was fully briefed by

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the Chairman Police Service Commission Dig Hashimu Sali who Argungu

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retired mn I PSC NPM and the Inspector General of

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Police Igpikode Adelui Beto can PhD NPM on the security

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challenges peculiar to the states such as cultism and kidnapping.

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It was very clear that community inclusivity and collaboration with

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both state and non state actors was the way to go.

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Suspects arrested one ninety five, ninety five suspected cultists, two

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twelve twelve suspected kidnappers, three five five suspected armed robbers.

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Number of persons rescued one thirty seven thirty seven rescued

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kidnapped victims. While most of the cases have been charged

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to court, some are under investigation. Barely two days of

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my assumption of duty, I hit the ground running by

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visiting the North and Central Senatorial zones of the state

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to see for myself all the identified flash points with

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prevalence of kidnapping and other heinous crimes, and immediately engaged

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critical stakeholders to map out proactive strategies to curb the

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un challenges in the bad These strategies, which are being

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reviewed from time to time, have yielded considerable results, even

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though it is not yet to Vuru. I want to

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share with you the account of my stewardship in the

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past thirty thirty days. We shall sustain engagement with communities,

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bush combing operations across area commands and divisions, intelligence led

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raids of flashpoints and high visibility policing, amongst many other

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strategies with a view to preventing crimes and maintain law

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and order in the state. On this note, I wish

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to express the Command’s appreciation to the Inspector General of

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Police IGP car Yode Egbetoken, PhD NPM for his guidance.

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We also appreciate his Excellency the Executive Governor of Edo State,

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Senator Monday og Pepolo, for his unflinching support while soliciting

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the continued support of the law abiding people of the

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state who have been trusting us with valuable information that

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has helped us in achieving this feat. I encourage all

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stakeholders to continue cooperating with the police as we strive

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to surmount the security challenges experienced in the state. Our

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collaborative and proactive strategies have led to the rescue of

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thirty seven thirty seven kidnapped victims in daring operations which

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involve technical intelligence. The offices and men have worked tirelessly

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over these days, leading to the recovery of twenty five

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twenty five firearms, including two two AC forty seven rifles,

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one hundred and thirty rounds of seven point six two

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millimetres ammunition, one hundred thirty five live cartridges, as well

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as the recovery of four four stolen rob vehicles. Summary

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of the achievements recorded in past one month is as follows.

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Exhibits recovered one two two act forty seven rifles two

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one one La Marque rifle, three three V three English pistols,

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four one one Barretta pistol, five four four single barrel guns,

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six one one automatic pump action shotgun, seven eight eight

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locally made pistols, eight one one locally made shotgun, nine

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one one Barretta pistol magazine, ten one hundred and ten,

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one hundred and ten rounds of ammunition, eleven thirty four

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thirty four live cartridges, twelve one one Mercedes Benz GLK

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three hundred thirteen one one Toyota Hilyx fourteen one one

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Toyota Highlander fifteen one one High Gen Minibus sixteen two

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two snatched motorcycles, seventeen one one dagger, eighteen one trigger part,

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nineteen one one iPhone sixteen plus twenty cash sum of

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one hundred and fifty thousand naira one hundred thousand niras

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the Commissioner of Police Monday Agbernicus stated during the press

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briefing held at the Edo State Police Command headquarters. During

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the week, we have reported that the Edo State Police

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Command of Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of

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ninety five persons in connection with the killing of more

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than fifteen people between April twenty fifth, twenty twenty five

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and now in the renewed deadly and bloody apparent supremacy

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secret cult war in the state among members of the

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Black as Confraternity AKAAA, Mafi Confraternity aka greag Men, and

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Ia Confraternity aka Addeds, which started with the killing of

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a physiotherapist simply identified as Alex and another individual at

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the University of Benine Teaching Hospital UBTH back Gate were

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Boo in Benin with the Edo State government led by

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Governor monday O Pepolo, launching a retaliatory war against businesses

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and individuals allegedly aiding secret cult killings in the state.

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Thus sealed off Eterno Hotel planned to demolish the hotel

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owned by People’s Democratic Party PDP Chieftain Honorable Matthew Ideraikenwen,

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who was the Director General of Assuan Poggier campaign organization

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in the last governorship election in the state on the

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ground that a particular secret cult group members gathered at

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the Eterno Hotel to plan their recent killings in the state.

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And in addition, the Edo state governor also sealed off

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and marked a residential building for demolition also owned by

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a p d P chieftain Francis and Egbunekiedi quindi nimoigical