The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Usama Abubakar, at Okada Junction, in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, also said the corpses of three people that were killed by suspected herders in the Sobe community, in the Owan West Local Government Area of the state, on March 4, were recovered.
He said, “The police while acting on credible intelligence arrested one Usama Abubakar, 35, at Okada Junction and recovered one local cut-to-size gun from him.
“I can also confirm the killing of three farmers by gunmen suspected to be herders in the Sobe community, in the Owan West LGA of the state early this month.
“The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Sobe Division reported that on March 4, some armed men suspected to be herders stormed a farm settlement in the Sobe community and murdered about three farmers and abandoned their corpses at the farm.
“The corpses of the deceased, John Udo, Lucky Euze and Pastor Ogbe Unuoha, have been recovered by the police and deposited at the mortuary,” he added.
Nwabuzor said an investigation was ongoing to arrest the perpetrators with a view to bringing them to justice.