The police command in Edo says it has arrested 37 suspects for allegedly being concerned in sexual and home abuse within the state.
Mr Monday Agbonika, the commissioner of police in Edo, disclosed this in Benin on Saturday whereas addressing journalists on the command’s crime-fighting achievements for September.
In line with him, the efforts are intentionally meant to deal with the disturbing development of sexual and gender based mostly violence, together with rape.
“The suspects have been investigated and are being prosecuted in court docket.
“The command additionally arrested suspects concerned in kidnapping, armed theft, homicide, and cultism, amongst others, within the state.
“Seven suspected kidnappers had been arrested whereas two others had been neutralised,” he mentioned.
The commissioner of police additionally disclosed that 48 victims had been rescued from captivity throughout varied operations inside the interval beneath overview.
He mentioned that the command’s operations efficiently disrupted cult initiations in Benin, Auchi, and Ekpoma, resulting in the arrest of 38 suspected cultists, together with leaders of rival teams.
The police boss defined that the command additionally decreased cult killings in Benin inside the interval to zero per cent in the course of the interval.
Agbonika listed the objects recovered inside the interval to incorporate eight firearms, 56 reside ammunition, and 5 expended cartridges.
Others embrace: 9 automobiles, 18 bikes, six automotive grasp keys, 10 College of Benin’s Automotive Safety Entry Playing cards, an android cellphone, 9 Apple telephones, and two POS machines.
As a part of its renewed operational technique, he mentioned the command had intensified its concentrate on intelligence-led policing, proactive crime prevention, and most significantly, community-driven partnerships.
He asserted that the command had constructed a community of help that had vastly enhanced its crime-fighting capabilities within the state.
