Security operatives arrest three suspected kidnappers identified by victims in Edo market

The combined team of security operatives have arrested three suspected kidnappers after they were identified by victims in Jattu market, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

DAILY POST reports that the suspects were arrested by the combined team of operatives of Edo State Police Command, Jattu Division and the State security outfit codename, Edo State Security Corps, ESSC.

The spokesperson of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City.

Ikoedem gave the names of the suspects as Nura Dahiru,  22, Ibrahim Yakubu, 25 and Abubakar Inusa, 23.

She said two of the suspects were identified by one Mrs Ibrahim Jemila, and one other as members of the kidnapping gang responsible for their abduction. 

According to her, on the 15th May, 2026, at about 17:50 hours, the Divisional Police Officer, Jattu Division, received credible information that one of the suspected kidnappers of one Ibrahim Jemila ‘f’, who was abducted and later released on 13th May, 2026, had been sighted at Jattu Market. 

“Acting swiftly on the information, operatives of the Division mobilised in collaboration with members of the Edo State Security Corps to the location where three suspects were arrested.

“In the course of investigation, two of the suspects, Nura Dahiru and Ibrahim Yakubu, have been positively identified by Jemila and one other as members of the kidnapping gang responsible for their abduction”, she said.

Ikoedem described the arrest as another breakthrough in the fight against kidnapping and other violent crimes in the State by the Command.

Security operatives arrest three suspected kidnappers identified by victims in Edo market