By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin –
No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by operatives from the Edo State Police Command following a raid on a ritual shrine along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin.
The assistant police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, said the police also recovered 20 corpses from the shrine during the operation.
She said: “Following credible information that some corpses were discovered in a building along Asoro slope off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters, Benin city, Operatives of the command immediately mobilised to the scene”.
“At the scene, three suspects, Chimaobi Okoewu ‘M’ and Oko Samuel ‘M’ both of Afikpo in Ebonyi and Gideon Sunday ‘M’ of Akwa-Ibom State were arrested while others fled. An intensive effort is ongoing to arrest the other fleeing suspects.
“15 mummified male corpses, 3 mummified female corpses and 2 mummified children corpses were discovered at the scene.”
Meanwhile, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to carry out a discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the discovered corpses.
CP Yaro also called on the general public to be calm; assuring that the Police Command will continue to ensure the safety of all law-abiding citizens and those residing in the state.
