Four hunters who hail from Kano State have been arrested in Edo.
The hunters – Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, and Jamilu Habibu – were arrested at Americanus hotel on Osemwenkhae street after Big Joe motors, Ramat park Orogbeni Quarters, and handed over to the Police.
The Edo State Police Command confirmed the arrest, saying they were found with guns.
It was gathered that the suspects were arrested in Ramat, Ikpoba Hill area of Benin by the Edo State Security Corps with cutlasses concealed inside bags.
The command spokesperson, CSP Moses Yamu, clarified that the suspects were hunters, and not herdsmen as reported in social media.
He said the suspects were 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.
According to him, the police from the Ikpoba Hill Police Station were interrogating the suspects.
“They were from Doguwa in Kano State heading to Uvbe Community in Orhionwon local government of Edo State. Meanwhile, investigation is still ongoing” he said .
According to him, the state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, used this opportunity to discourage residents of the state from circulating wrong information capable of causing unnecessary tension.
The development comes after the killing of 16 hunters in Uromi part of Edo State.
The deceased who hailed from Kano were travelling for Sallah holidays when they were mobbed. The killings triggered nationwide outrage
