Police arrest four with Ak-47, ammunition in Edo warring communities

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command person apprehended 4 persons with 2 AK-47 riffles and 2 magazines.

DAILY POST reports that the Command disclosed that the magazines were loaded with 33 rounds of unrecorded ammunition.

The spokesperson of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, made this known connected Monday, March 2, 2026, successful a connection made disposable to newsmen successful Benin City.

Ikoedem gave the names of the suspects arsenic Jabir Saleh, Musa Lawal aka Gambo, Gaddafi Iliyasu and Salau Haliru.

He said the suspects were arrested astatine Uselu and Ahor communities successful Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state.

The Command’s representation shaper said the communities person been experiencing communal struggle with reports of 1 assemblage attacking and ransacking the other.

She added that the struggle led members of the Ahor and Uselu communities to wantonness their homes.

The connection said, “In a swift effect to the situation, the Commissioner of Police deployed an involution squad connected the 18/02/2026. Not agelong after, the enhanced quality driven surveillance yielded effect arsenic operations led to the apprehension and betterment of 2 AK-47 rifles.

“Further more, bid has been restored to the struggle ridden communities arsenic residents person started returning location owed to the assurance of their safety. The Command calls for sustained concern to ens...