Edo State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Felix Iloghevbo for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter. Spokesperson of the command, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect committed the crime on September 19, 2023, in Idokpa community, Uhunwonde Local Government of the state. He said operatives of the Egba Division Police station arrested the suspect while acting on credible information. According to the PPRO, the suspect made a statement and confessed to the crime while the victim was taken …
Tag: Edo
A Nigerian man has accused the deputy governor of Edo state, Phillip Shaibu, of ‘’stealing’’ his Daytona Gold wristwatch. In a video making the rounds on social media, the man said before the general elections, he and some other persons were allegedly ‘’abducted” by security agents attached to the deputy governor who took them to Benin City and ‘tried to forcefully plant a gun’ on them. He said they resisted, but during the scuffle, the security men allegedly took …
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have attacked a pastor, Rev Samuel Chinyereugo, and killed his wife, Peace, in Edo State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the church, God’s Vineyard of Grace Dominion Assembly, located at 101, Upper Lawani Street, New Benin, Benin City around 7:36pm on Monday, August 14, 2023, and opened fire on the pastor. The assistant pastor was also said to have also sustained injuries on his head during the attack A …
No fewer than eleven persons, including a baby, died while eight others sustained varying injuries in a fatal accident on the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway. The accident involving a Toyota Hiace 18 seater bus and a truck occurred, around 11 am on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at the Ovia bridge, notorious for accidents, due to a failed section of the road and the poor state bridge which runs across the river. It was gathered that …
The Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking has apprehended a 48-year-old man identified as Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction. Parading them before newsmen today June 23, the Head of Investigation Unit of the taskforce, Abigail Ihonre, said the suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who facilitated the illegal transaction and linked them to the baby’s buyer in Port Harcourt, Rivers …
A yet-to-be-identified man said to be a BEDC staff was electrocuted while carrying out repairs on an electric pole close to the University of Benin, Ekehuan campus. The incident happened on Thursday, May 11, 2023, while the deceased was on duty. In a video seen online, the man who wore safety clothing with the inscription, BEDC, was seen dangling from an electric pole Eyewitnesses told the PUNCH that the man was held up on the pole and …