Over 13 suspects have been paraded by the Edo State Police Command in connection with kidnapping, cultism, murder, armed robbery, and false news peddling.
The suspects were paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, in the presence of the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, at the Command Headquarters.
DAILY POST reports that among those paraded are 45-year-old Oluchi Ugbowan, Musa Haruna, Bali Sule, Mohammed Sani, Adamu Jafaru, Mohammed Hashiru, and Marvelous Isaac (32) for alleged kidnapping and murder.
Others are Matthew Igbinoba (40), Ovie Freedom (29), Lucky Iyokhuo (29), Bright Odaro (28), and Ernest Ugbomoiko (42) for armed robbery, cultism, and false news peddling.
The Police Commissioner said Oluchi Ugbowan was arrested by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit for allegedly plotting her own kidnapping.
He said she conspired with her accomplices to stage her own abduction in order to extort N50 million from her family.
According to him, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Edo State Police Command on May 6, 2026, uncovered a self-kidnapping plot orchestrated by Oluchi Ugbowan (45), who conspired with her accomplices to stage her own abduction to extort N50 million from her family.
“Technical intelligence led to the arrest of one Israel Ability (28), who confessed to making ransom calls on her instructions.
“The purported victim was subsequently traced and arrested in a hotel in Obiaruku, Delta State, where she confessed to the crime.
“Further investigation led to the recovery of a pump-action gun used in videos created by one Chukwudem Uwadia, from
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