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CP Arrests Policemen Seen Destroying Vehicles Over Edo Youths Attack On IRT
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edo state police commissioner Monday
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Abonika says he has arrested policemen
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seen venting their anger and destroying
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vehicles in Benin city after they were
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sent as a backup team to rescue their
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colleagues some men of the inspector
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general of police intelligence response
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team IRT who apparently were overpowered
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by a group of youths who protested
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demanded and ensured the IRT officers
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released the suspects the special police
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officers had arrested on ground of
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alleged unlawful arrest which extort
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money from the suspects forcing the
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protesting youths to vandalize the
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police vehicle at Okaman quarters in
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Aluku area of Oia northeast local
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government area of Edo state last week
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and in addition to this the inspector
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general of police has also subjected six
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officers including their supervisor to a
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disciplinary action after a viral video
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that was circulated on Tik Tok and other
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social media platforms saw one of the
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offices of the Nigerian Police Force
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extorting money from travelers along the
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Benin bypass in Edeto State under the
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pretense of enforcing the electronic
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central motor registry ECMR certificate
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even when the inspector general of
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police has long suspended the
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enforcement since July
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2024 according to the statement issued
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on Wednesday by the Edo Police Command
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spokesperson Moses Yamu you may recall
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the unfortunate attack on IRT personnel
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by some protesting youth at Okamwin
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community on the 20th of May 2025 while
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in transit from Lagos through Edo State
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leaving them with various degrees of
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life-threatening injuries and their
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vehicle vandalized a reinforcement team
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deployed to the scene successfully
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rescued these officers and affected the
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arrests of some of the miscreants
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involved in the attack however some
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officers were captured in a video
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conducting themselves in an
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unprofessional manner smashing a vehicle
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parked in the location in as much as the
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command condemns the act of attacking
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the IRT personnel it views the police
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conduct during the rescue as highly
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unprofessional
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therefore these personnel who have been
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identified to be from the command's
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quick response team have been arrested
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and are currently undergoing
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disciplinary procedures as stipulated in
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the police
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regulations cp Monday Abonikica FDC
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called for mutual accountability from
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the general public as he assures the
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good people of Edeto state of the
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command's commitment to delivering
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policing services in line with best
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practices the police spokesperson stated
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in another development the police
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command spokesperson said that in its
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sustained raids against criminals
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through credible intelligence that some
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persons suspected to be armed robbers
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kidnappers cultists were hibernating at
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Kendra Hotel offerings of
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