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Police arrest 4 Boko Haram members who infiltrated Edo

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TARABA: Four suspected kidnappers killed in gun battle with police

The Police in Edo state has revealed that there is a possibility Boko Haram members have infiltrated the state as four of their (Boko Haram) members were arrested within the state.

The arrested members, according to police, escaped into the state after perpetrating heinous crimes in Kogi state.

The Edo Commissioner of Police Mr Mohammed DanMallam, made this know on Thursday in a chat with newsmen in Benin.

The commissioner explained that the suspects were arrested based on a hint about their hideout in Afuze, Edo North Senatorial District.

He also said that upon interrogation, one of the arrested suspects acknowledged he has killed 40 of his victims while another confessed to having escaped from Koton Karfi Prison in 2014, and also participated in armed robbery in Ekiti in 2013.

He, however, said that the suspects would be handed over to the Police in Kogi for further interrogation as their crimes were perpetrated in that state.

Speaking on the activities of Operation Puff Adder, DanMallam maintained that since the inauguration in the state on May 2, the command had recorded some achievements in the fight against crime and criminality.

He explained that 34 suspects had been arrested in connection with armed robbery, and four others apprehended in connection with kidnapping.

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He added that 32 suspected cultists had been arrested since the operation began, and that 10 different arms and 215 ammunitions were recovered.

The police chief disclosed that nine victims were rescued from suspected kidnappers, while 11 vehicles were also recovered. He restated that the fight against crime was continuous and that the command was committed to reducing the cases in the state to the barest minimum.

DanMallam said that it was untrue that any life was lost in the clash by cult groups in Benin on Monday. According to him, nobody died during the cult clash around Murtala Mohammed Way, but there was an attempt by some cultists to cause trouble, but we got credible information and the police team repelled them. “We arrested two of them who are still with us and under investigation because they are from rival groups.”

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