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Over 30 killed as security worsens in Benin, weeks after release of 1,900 prisoners

NAN by NAN
November 15, 2020
in Crime, Featured
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The security situation in Benin, the Edo State capital, has taken a turn for the worse following a jump in cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and cult-related killings, a News Agency of Nigeria checks have revealed.

The upsurge in the crimes was first noticed since the #EndSARS protests that led to the release of no fewer than 1,900 prisoners from two Correctional Centres, burning of at least eight police stations and the looting of their armouries by hoodlums.

Night life in the capital city, in the meantime, has since grounded to a halt as incidences of kidnappings and armed robbery have escalated.

NAN reports that while residents of the capital city were still reeling from the high crime rate, cult related killings, mostly linked to clashes between rival Vikings and Aye confraternities, have only heightened the fears of the residents in different parts of Benin.

The tally from the cult related killings indicated that no fewer than 30 people were killed within the past week, with three others similarly killed on Sunday by suspected cultists in the city.

Two of the bodies were discovered at Urohra Junction, one by pipeline junction in Eyaen and on Saturday two bodies were found around Uselu, while Evidence Street by Isihor accounted for three.

Before then, several people lost their lives in different parts of the city, including Idogbo, Y-Junction, Nomayo and Three House, all along Sokponba Road, Ogida Barracks, Siluko Road, Costain area in New Benin, Aduwawa near Oando filling station, Upper Mission near Ewa Road junction and Cherubim and Seraphim area of Upper Mission.

Meanwhile, the police are soliciting information from the public that would help them recover stolen arms and ammunition from the police stations that were looted, trashed or burnt in the state.

When contacted, the State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, said the attack on police facilities, burning of police stations and patrol vehicles during the #EndSARS protests, that turned violent, had affected their operations.

Kokumo, however, assured that the police will gradually resume work at their duty posts to check crime and criminality in the state.

According to him, in Upper Sokponba in Ikpoba-Okha axis, three police facilities were burnt down, displacing the Divisional Police Officers and other police officers in the divisions.

He said: “These officers now report at the state command headquarters.

“We now send them on patrol from there.

“So you should expect some hitches, but we will continue to work and get things right.

“The #EndSARS protests, which were hijacked by hoodlums, have actually impacted negatively on police operations and unleashed attacks on police facilities.

“How do you expect, where 200 inmates escaped, for things to be normal?

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“We were doing our best to arrest the criminals in Edo before the jail break and we are equally trying our best now to see that the escapees are re-arrested and brought to book.”

Kokumo urged the media to cooperate with and appreciate the efforts of the Police, especially now that they are expected to stem the tide of crime, whereas they lacked operational vehicles, arms and ammunition.

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