{"id":3657,"date":"2026-10-29T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/police-arrest-suspect-over-alleged-abduction-robbery-in-edo\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:58","slug":"police-arrest-suspect-over-alleged-abduction-robbery-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/police-arrest-suspect-over-alleged-abduction-robbery-in-edo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest suspect over alleged abduction, robbery in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Adedeji Benjamin, over an alleged case of abduction, rape and armed robbery in Benin City.\n<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying the incident was reported on October 17, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Command received a distress call from a lady, who reported that she was allegedly abducted by two men from Ihama and taken to Tembogha, where she was raped and robbed at gunpoint,\u201d the statement read.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ikoedem said operatives of the Aduwawa Division launched an investigation following the report and arrested one of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe toy gun used to commit the crime, and a Lexus Jeep were recovered as exhibits,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, Benjamin has confessed to the crime, while efforts are ongoing to arrest his alleged accomplice, who is on the run.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Patrick Daaor, reiterated the command\u2019s commitment to protecting lives and property, urging residents to report suspicious activities to the police.<\/p>\n<p>The police said the suspect would be prosecuted in accordance with the law.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Adedeji Benjamin, over an alleged case of abduction, rape and armed robbery in Benin City. The command\u2019s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, disclosed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}