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Speaker 1: Nigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General

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of Police IGP, car Yode egg Beethoven has kept months

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since her video went viral on social media platforms wherein

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allegation of bringing people illegally to settle inside forest in

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Edo State was made against the Divisional Police Officer the DPO,

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who is currently serving at the Divisional Police Headquarters at

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Oboha community in the Essen Southeast Local government area in

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the state, a state that have witnessed rampant cases of

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kidnappings in recent time, especially since the beginning of this year.

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Despite the fact that the Edo State Governor, Monday Opepolo,

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has executed the destruction of numbers of houses or properties

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of apparent innocent landlords or people who may not have

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direct connection with the crime. It may be recalled the

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early twenty twenty five, the governor demolished a residential property

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on College Road simply because it was linked to a

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kidnapping gang operating in the Adua Eyan and benin Auchi

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Rode Bypass axis, even when the building belonged to a

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woman based in Italy, just that her brother ossamede Asimota,

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the alleged key leader of the gang allegedly used it

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to coordinate abductions. This is just one of many properties

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demolished by the Edo State government over kidnapping in the state.

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Yet records of kidnappings in the state continued to grow higher,

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and recent police and military arrests indicated that Edo State

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is perhaps under siege of foreign invaders who may have

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taken over larger part of the state forest to co

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ordinate kidnappings in the state while working with some of

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the local residents to perpetuate the criminal act. It may

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be interesting to note that another set of non indigens

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of the state arrested by the police recently included two

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persons caught inside the Specialist Hospital in Auchi. The two suspects,

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who were said to be non indigenes of the state,

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were among the gang of kidnappers behind the abduction of

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docs Doctor Abu Babatunde, who regained his freedom after his

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family reportedly paid a sum of fifty million nairas ransom.

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After the doctor and his younger brother were abducted on

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January second, twenty twenty six while opening the gate to

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their residents for long City Pride Road, Igbira, camp Auchi

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and Unfortunately, the younger brother was later found dead on

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January fifth near the Auli River along City Pride Road,

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with police suspecting he was killed by the abductors. And

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the alleged illegal settlers who confessed the Ugbohadipo as their

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facilitator are said to be non Nigerians from foreign countries.

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According to one of the vigilantes who called the illegal settlers,

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the arrested illegal settlers in the forest will be taken

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to the station. The vigilante member also said the illegal

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settlers are not Nigerians and close watchers said people are

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brought in and smuggled into Edo forests I legally and

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such people may be responsible for the act of kidnapping

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in the state. Available records indicated that the kidnapping situation

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in the state is currently happening almost daily, with numbers

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of the state residents and Indo genes also recorded dead

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or killed by kidnappers since Governor Monday Okpepolo came into power.

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On the recent arrest of two suspects at the Specialist

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Hospital in Auchi, the Edo State Command public relations officer

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Eno Ikiodom the first breakthrough came on the third of

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February twenty twenty six, operatives of the Auchi Division, while

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conducting a routine bush combing operation in collaboration with local

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hunters and vigilante groups at Warrikay Forest and following a

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lead on an intelligence, intercepted one Samanu Kawuji Mail and

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a search conducted on the suspect led to the recovery

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of two knives, two mobile fans, one ubi ATM card

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and the sum of twenty thousand, two hundred fifty nine er.

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An identification parade was conducted at the police station and

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he was identified by one of the abductors of doctor

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Abu Babatunde. Similarly, on the eighth of February twenty twenty six,

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at about nine o’clock hours, the divisional police officer, following

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a led on the same case, mobilized operatives to the

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Specialist Hospital, Auchi where two suspects identified as Idras Abubaka

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Mail and Sani Abubakha Mail were apprehended at the hospital premises.

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Both suspects have also been identified as part of the

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gang that abducted doctor Babitunday on February first, twenty twenty six.

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Idras Abubaka was identified as the particular person who received

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ransom money for the release of doctor Abu. Efforts have

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been intensified towards conducting a comprehensive and discreete investigation aimed

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at dismantling the entire notorious organized criminal network responsible for

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the kidnappings in Auchi and its environs. The Commissioner of

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Police Hido State Command, ZP. Monday Agbonica reassures members of

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the public of the commands resolved to pursue all kidnapping

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cases to a logical conclusion and bring perpetrators to justice

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while sustaining aggressive bushcombing operations and intelligence led policing across

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the state. The Command can be reached on the following

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numbers Emergency Control Room numbers O eight O seven seven

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seven seven three seven two one and O eight O

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three seven six four six two seven two and for

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Complaints Public Complaints Bureau PCBO eight one five O nine

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nine nine three three five Complaints Response Unit CRU eight

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one O three eight nine nine nine two. Meanwhile, a

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lecturer with the Federal Politic Technique Auchi, Isa Abdulaziz, had

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earlier on Sunday, posted on his Facebook wall that doctor

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Abu Babititunday reported for duty to day Sunday, February eighth,

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twenty twenty six, at the Edo State University Teaching Hospital,

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unaware that his routine work day would reopen one of

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the darkest chapters of his life. While on ward rounds,

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doctor babitun Day noticed some individuals who had come to

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visit a patient. In a chilling moment of recognition, he

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identified among them members of the same kidnapping gang that

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abducted him and his younger brother, a tragic incident that

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ended with the killing of his brother while attempting to

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escape from the den. Acting swiftly, doctor Babitunday immediately alerted

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the local security outfit popularly known as the Vigilante. However,

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under circumstances that remain unclear, the information reportedly leaked to

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the police before the Vigilante teen could arrive. Police offices

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moved impromptly, arresting two of the suspects and detaining them

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to day Sunday, February eighth, twenty twenty six at the

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Divisional Police Station in Auchi. Fresh accounts emerging to day

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further deepened the case. One of the individuals who participated

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in delivering the ransom that secured doctor babtun Day’s release.

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Has identified one of the arrested suspects as being among

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those who physically received the ransom on the day the

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payment was made. Another report indicates that just last night,

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the two suspects carried out p o S transactions at

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a stand within Auchi, raising fresh questions about the source

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of the funds. A significant sum of money was allegedly

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found in their possession at the time of arrest to day,

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an amount investigators believe is inconsistent with the known means

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and strongly suggestive of criminal activity. As this report is

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being filed to day, credible sources confirm the pressure is

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already being mounted on the Divisional Police Officer in Auchi

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to release the suspects. This development has sparked widespread concern

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within the community. Notably, during a recent meeting with Auchi

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youth bodies, the DPO was reportedly overheard stating that the

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case had become widely publicized and could no longer be

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swept under the carpet, an indication that attempts may already

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be under way to compromise the process for a community

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long traumatized by kidnapping and violent crime to Day’s arrest’s

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representer critical moment the people of Auchi and its environs

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are watching closely. The Edo State government must now take

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decisive responsibility. Governor monday O Capollo is urged to ensure

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that investigations are thorough and transparent in that if the

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suspects are found guilty, the full weight of the Edo

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State anti kidnapping law is applied without interference. Justice for

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doctor Abu Baberton Day, for his murdered brother, and for

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countless victims across Edo North must not be delayed or denied.

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To Day must a turning point, not another missed opportunity.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh what speaking?

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Speaker 3: You’re not speaking? You know who’s not?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Which pur you measure your name? Deep? You can

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deep your car? Nckle you still your now you know

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just coming? Are you in the Gidia said your god?

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The person you want to go deep? You look so

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not good? Your nickname up? Where did you dip your deftly? Yes?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah video everyone, that’s what do you.

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Speaker 3: Want to do that with the whole have another it’s

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double double.

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Speaker 2: I want to come. You know we know what’s not

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We do not go dropping the fir station. We’re looking

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at me.

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Speaker 3: You love me, You love me, Lady, bring me in

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the morn