Police foil prison break attempt in Edo

Police operatives at Edo State Police command have foiled an attempt by some suspects to bomb Oko Prison in Benin with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, and set some kidnappers free.

The State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Abubakar, who confirmed the incident on Sunday said some suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident, adding that security has been beefed up around prison formations in the State.

It was learnt that a police special detective squard foiled the attempt and arrested some of the suspects. They were said to have relied on intelligence report to foil the attack on the prison, leading to the arrest of some suspects.

Police sources said the arrested suspects were planning to bomb the prison to free some kidnappers remanded in the prison facility.

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“The suspects came to free the kidnapers of the managing director of Ogba Zoological garden, Mr Andy Ehanire, in which four police were killed during the operation in 2017.

“They have made confessional statement about their mission,” he said.

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