Four Arrested as Edo Police Dismantle One-Chance Gang on Benin-Agbor Highway

The Edo State Police Command says it has arrested four suspected members of a notorious one-chance robbery gang that had been terrorizing road users on the Benin-Agbor Highway. On October 12, the command received a distress call reporting that Joy Osaghae, a female resident of Agbor in Delta State, had been pushed from a moving vehicle along the Agbor-Benin Expressway. The Commissioner of Police immediately deployed a joint patrol team made up of Wabazigan, Abudu, Igbanke, the Edo State Security Corp (ESSC), and other security personnel to pursue the gang. The suspects were chased to Igbanke, where they abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot into a nearby forest. Police officers kept up a relentless chase, and all four suspects were eventually arrested. The suspects were identified as Joy Moses, 29; Kalu Iro, 32; Friday Chinedu, 37; and Chiemela John, 35. Items recovered included a Passat Wagon with registration number RLG 19 KA, which was used in the operation, eleven mobile phones of various makes, one power bank, cash totaling One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Naira (N125,550.00), and several bags arranged carefully in the vehicle's boot to make it look like a commercial vehicle traveling from Benin to Agbor and deceive unsuspecting victims. The victim has positively identified all the suspects as the gang that robbed her. Confirming the arrests, the command's spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a discreet and thorough investigation.