According to Edo state police, 13 people were arrested for alleged involvement in armed robbery and cultism.
Emeka Ogwu 27 was arrested for allegedly stealing armored cable belonging to the Benin electricity distribution company, while 12 other suspects were convicted of cultism.
Following a distress call, Edo state command spokesperson Chidi Nwabuzor said the police arrested Ogwu while on patrol along the upper mission/upper Lawani axis in Benin City.
According to him, the perpetrator and one another were seen vandalizing an armored cable belonging to BEDC in their neighborhood, but the perpetrator was arrested while his accomplices fled.
According to Nwabuzor, the command’s anti-kidnapping and cybercrime unit also arrested 12 suspected members of an eiye clandestine group at uza street, Esigie, Benin City.