/ Jul 02, 2026
/ Jul 02, 2026

Local vigilante kills artisan, sets corpse ablaze in Edo

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The Edo State Police Command on Sunday said it has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin for allegedly killing an artisan and setting his corpse ablaze.

 

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Moses Yamu, said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Textile Mill Road Division following a distress call received from members of the public at about 8 am on February 20, 2025.

 

He said the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Textile Mill division received a call that they saw a corpse of a middle-aged man, Lasan Osaze Erhabor, lying under a heap of sawdust and burning.

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He said, “The DPO mobilised and deployed his operatives to the scene and actually found the corpse burning under the sawdust.

 

“They took the corpse to the hospital, but, they, however, found that there was a gunshot injury on the back of the deceased.

 

“Investigation has already commenced, and we have one suspect in our custody who was the security person of the sawmill at the time the incident happened.”

 

Yamu said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for in-depth investigations, assuring all that after the investigation, the suspect would be charged in court for murder.

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