The killings shocked residents of Oluku area as they woke up to see two dead bodies dropped by the road side. The Edo State Police Commissioner, Funso Adebanjo, who arrested the 46 suspects, said the police were on the trail of the killers, whom he described as “useless”.
Some of the items recovered
from the suspects included 20 guns, 192 live cartridges, 9 cars and 12
cutlasses. Adebanjo recalled that “early
this month, we arrested 68 suspected criminals and today we are parading 46
suspected criminals made up of armed robbers, kidnappers and people involved in
rape, defilement of minors and people waging war against communities.
These people were rounded
up from different parts of the state. The command remains grateful to the
people of the state for their support so far. We all must collaborate with the
police and I am happy Edo is the safest state in the South-South. But we are
worried about old men defiling little children, we must kick against that in
our society. Honestly, the situation is
worrisome and those of them who are involved in it must be dealt with. If it is
a curse we will clear it from their heads because their action for me, is
madness” he stated.
The 60 year-old Edekin
Ojaogbe, who defiled a 13-year-old girl, confessed his sins to Vanguard. His
words: “I was at home when this girl went to the toilet. I called her and told
her that I need her. She now came to me, we entered my room and I locked the
door and the window and I slept with her. “It was later when I went to mould
block that I was told that policemen from Afuze came to arrest me.
My people begged the girl’s
parents but they were angry. I have slept with her three times because I love
the small girl. “I was married, but I am not with my wife anymore. I have three
children.”
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