Kidnapping; Police Mum Over Allegation DPO Bringing People To Edo Illegally

Kidnapping; Police Mum Over Allegation DPO Bringing People To Edo Illegallyhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/kidnapping-police-mum-over-allegation-dpo-bringing-people-to-edo-illegally/#Tahir #Ugboha #edo #Igp #Okpebholo #PoliceNigeria Police Force under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has kept mum since a video went viral on social media platforms, wherein, allegation of bringing people illegally to settle inside forest in Edo State was made against the Divisional Police Officer, the DPO who is currently serving at the Divisional Police Headquarters at Ugboha community in the Esan South-East local government area in the state, a state that have witnessed rampant cases of kidnappings in recent time, especially since the beginning of this year, despite the fact that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has executed the destruction of numbers of houses or properties of apparent innocent landlords or people who may not have direct connection with the crime, it may be recalled that early 2025, the Governor demolished a residential property on College road simply because it was linked to a kidnapping gang operating in the Aduwawa, Eyaen, and Benin-Auchi road bypass axis, even when the building belonged to a woman based in Italy, just that, her brother, Osamede Asemota, the alleged key leader of the gang, allegedly used it to coordinate abductions, this is just one of many properties demolished by the Edo State government over kidnapping in the state, yet, records of kidnappings in the state continued to grow higher, and recent police and military arrests indicated that Edo State is perhaps under siege of foreign invaders who may have taken over larger part of the state forest to coordinate kidnappings in the state while working with some of the local residents to perpetuate the criminal act, it maybe interesting to note that; another set of non indigenes of the state arrested by the police recently included two persons caught inside the Specialist Hospital in Auchi, the two suspects who are said to be non indigenes of the state were among the gang of kidnappers behind the abduction of Doctor Abu Babatunde who regained his freedom after his family reportedly paid a sum of ₦50 million ransom after the Doctor and his younger brother were abducted on January 2, 2026, while opening the gate to their residence along City Pride Road, Igbira Camp, Auchi, and unfortunately, the younger brother was later found dead on January 5 near the Orley River along City Pride Road, with police suspecting he was killed by the abductors, and the alleged illegal settlers who confessed the Ugboha DPO as their facilitator, are said to be non Nigerians from foreign countries. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.If you love how we break down the noise and deliver unfiltered news, we need your strength to stay completely independent. Keep our newsroom sharp and efficient by supporting us today—head over to our donation page at: DonateWant your updates even faster? Tap the link in our description to download our mobile app on the Google Play Store for news in text, video, and audio format: CLICK TO DOWNDLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY STORE And for the developers and webmasters looking to supercharge their websites, and if you own a website but don't know anything about web design, don't worry, grab our premium, server-native scripts at Mu Plugins. Our premium plugins are built to work completely on autopilot—speeding up your website and protecting your earnings with a simple, code-free setup. Whether you are a beginner or a professional webmaster looking to supercharge your platform , let's build together!