Weapons retrieved as Police arrest another set of Hunyers from Kano in Edo State
Weapons retrieved as Police arrest another set of Hunyers from Kano in Edo State
The Edo State Police Command has clarified the arrest of four individuals found with weapons, stating they were hunters from Kano State—not herdsmen, as widely speculated on social media.
In a statement released Saturday night by the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Joel Yamu, the police said the clarification was necessary to correct misinformation circulating online, which claimed that four armed herdsmen were apprehended at a hotel and handed over to the police.
According to the statement, the individuals—identified as Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu—were intercepted by operatives of the Edo State Security Network upon their arrival in the state.
Recovered items included three Dane guns, six empty cartridges, three half-filled cartridges, four cutlasses, and two daggers.
The statement reads: “The Edo State Police Command is aware of misinformation on social media that four herdsmen armed with guns were arrested at Americanus Hotel on Osemwenkhae Street after Big Joe Motors, Ramat Park, Orogbeni Quarters and handed over to the police.
“The command wishes to inform the general public that four suspects: Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu, intercepted by a member of the Edo Security Network with three Dane guns, six empty cartridges, three half-filled cartridges, four cutlasses and two daggers were swiftly taken over by officers from the Ikpoba Hill Police Station.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that they are hunters, not herdsmen. They were from Doguwa in Kano State, heading to Uvbe community in Orhionwon Local Government Area of Edo State. Meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing.
“The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, wishes to use this opportunity to discourage residents of the state from circulating wrong information capable of causing unnecessary tension.”
