Edo special squad dismantles kidnappers’ camps in forest 

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – THE Edo State Special Security Squad, codenamed “Operation Flush Out Cultists and Kidnappers”, has intensified its crackdown connected transgression elements crossed the State with a large-scale bush combing cognition that led to the find and dismantling of suspected kidnappers hideout, betterment of firearms and ammunition successful strategical locations.

A connection connected Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, Fred Itua said the coordinated workout was carried retired nether the supervision of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) and the Governor’s Principal Security Officer (PSO).

He said the cognition covered Ovia North-East, Esan North-East, Esan West, and Esan South-East Local Government Areas of the State.

The connection added that peculiar attraction was paid to the Benin–Akure Road corridor, wherever passengers of a transport company, New Edo Line, were precocious kidnapped.

“During the sweep, operatives recovered 2 locally made double-barrel guns and 1 unrecorded cartridge successful adjoining communities, including Osa-Somba and Idunwingie successful Ovia North-East. Officials noted that the discoveries constituent to the entrenched usage of section armoury by kidnappers operating successful the region.”

A subordinate of the squad, Mr. Eribo Emwanta disclosed that successful Ugboha forest, operatives discovered abandoned camps suspected to person been utilized arsenic kidnapping hideouts. He emphasized that the workout would stay continuous, with Governor Okpebholo personally monitoring the team’s activities.

Idemudia Noah, stressed that the squad is deploying drones, subject personnel, and precocious surveillance successful its relentless pursuit of kidnappers.

“We received distress calls from Ugboha radical reporting kidnapping incidents, and we responded with monolithic combing of the forests. This medication is determined to guarantee Edo is excessively unsafe for criminals. The connection is clear: criminals indispensable permission the authorities oregon look decisive action,” Noah declared.

Beyond the contiguous operations, the Squad besides embarked connected a show-of-force workout crossed Sobe, Ozalla, Iruekpen, Ekpoma, Ihunmudumu, Eguare, Irrua, Idumu Ojiezua, Ivue/Obeidu, Eror, Arue-Uromi, Egbele, Amedokhian-Uromi, Ugboha, and respective different communities.

Security officials explained that the cognition was intended to reassure residents of the Government’s committedness to information and to nonstop a beardown informing to transgression networks.

The multi-agency effort, which included the army, police, and section information operatives, saw unit trek for hours heavy into the forests successful hunt of transgression hideouts.

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