A few weeks after the spontaneous killing of 16 hunters by a mob in Uromi, Edo State, four more Hausa native hunters from the same Kano have been arrested in Edo with arms and ammunition.
The Edo State Police Command announced the arrest of this new set of four hunters who came from Kano State at the weekend .
Laden with arms and ammunition, they were intercepted by operatives of the Edo Security Network in the state.
This is coming barely three weeks after 16 hunters from Kano were killed in Uromi.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Moses Yamu, in a Press Statement on Saturday night, saying it became necessary to dispel the misinformation that four herdsmen armed with guns were arrested at a hotel in the state and handed over to the police.
Yamu said those apprehended were hunters and not herdsmen.
The suspects were: Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu.
The full statement said: “The Edo State Police Command is aware of misinformation on social media that four herdsmen armed with guns were arrested at Americanus Hotel on Osemwenkhae Street after Big Joe Motors, Ramat Park, Orogbeni Quarters and handed over to the police.
“The command wishes to inform the general public that four suspects: Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu, intercepted by a member of the Edo Security Network with three Dane guns, six empty cartridges, three half-filled cartridges, four cutlasses and two daggers were swiftly taken over by officers from the Ikpoba Hill Police Station.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that they are hunters, not herdsmen. They were from Doguwa in Kano State, heading to Uvbe community in Orhionwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
“Meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing.
“The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, wishes to use this opportunity to discourage residents of the state from circulating wrong information capable of causing unnecessary tension.”
A few weeks after the spontaneous killing of 16 hunters by a mob in Uromi, Edo State, four more Hausa native hunters from the same Kano have been arrested in Edo with arms and ammunition.
The Hausa hunters had originally been arrested by local vigilantes, who were later outnumbered and overwhelmed by a mob of irate citizens suffering unabated kidnapping and killings by Fulani herdsmen.
The Edo State Police Command announced the arrest of this new set of four hunters who came from Kano State at the weekend .
Laden with arms and ammunition, they were intercepted by operatives of the Edo Security Network in the state.
This is coming barely three weeks after 16 hunters from Kano were killed in Uromi.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Moses Yamu, in a Press Statement on Saturday night, saying it became necessary to dispel the misinformation that four herdsmen armed with guns were arrested at a hotel in the state and handed over to the police.
Yamu said those apprehended were hunters and not herdsmen.
The suspects were: Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu.
The full statement said: “The Edo State Police Command is aware of misinformation on social media that four herdsmen armed with guns were arrested at Americanus Hotel on Osemwenkhae Street after Big Joe Motors, Ramat Park, Orogbeni Quarters and handed over to the police.
“The command wishes to inform the general public that four suspects: Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu, intercepted by a member of the Edo Security Network with three Dane guns, six empty cartridges, three half-filled cartridges, four cutlasses and two daggers were swiftly taken over by officers from the Ikpoba Hill Police Station.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that they are hunters, not herdsmen. They were from Doguwa in Kano State, heading to Uvbe community in Orhionwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
“Meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing.
“The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, wishes to use this opportunity to discourage residents of the state from circulating wrong information capable of causing unnecessary tension.”
