A police inspector might face the most trying time of his life if he is found guilty of murder in Edo State.
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The Edo Commissioner of Police, Mr Haliru Gwandu, said the command
would recommend a serving Inspector being investigated for
extra-judicial killing for `discharge’ from service if found guilty.
Gwandu, who stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in Benin, said “there is no sacred cow in the force’’.
He also disclosed that the command had in the last one week arrested 27 suspected criminals in different hideouts in the state.
He said police detectives arrested the suspects with various dangerous arms and ammunition.
The commissioner said those arrested included six suspected armed
robbers, five suspected kidnappers, 13 suspected cultists and three
cyber crime suspects.
He listed some of the arms and ammunition recovered from them to
include cut-to-size guns, cartridges, pistols, locally made short guns,
double barreled gun and pump action gun.
He restated the command’s preparedness to combat crime in the state
and stressed that Edo was no longer a safe haven for criminals.
Gwandu enjoined all residents of the state to be law abiding and
cooperate with the Police by volunteering useful information that would
assist the command in taming criminal elements.
He said all the suspects would be arraigned in court as soon as investigations into the cases were concluded.
The commissioner further disclosed that the command had arrested no
fewer than 40 persons for flouting the state government’s directive on
the ban on collection of illegal taxes and revenue.
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