The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a notorious one-chance robbery syndicate terrorizing motorists along the Benin-Agbor Highway.
The Command disclosed this in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, on 13th October, 2026.
According to the statement, the breakthrough was recorded under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Patrick Daaor.
The police said on 12th October, 2026 at about 0800 hours, operatives attached to the Wabazigan Patrol Team received a distress call that one Joy Osaghae of Agbor, Delta State, was pushed down from a moving vehicle along the Agbor-Benin Expressway.
The Commissioner of Police immediately deployed a joint patrol team comprising operatives from Wabazigan, Abudu, Igbanke and the Edo State Security Corps, ESSC, in pursuit of the gang.
The hoodlums were chased up to Igbanke where they abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot into a nearby forest. The officers chased them and arrested all four suspects.
The suspects were identified as Joy Moses, female, aged 29 years of Warri, Delta State, Kalu Iro, male, aged 32 years from Rivers State, Friday Chinedu, male, aged 37 years of Isede Street, Agbor, Delta State and Chiemela John, male, aged 35 years from Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State.
Exhibits recovered include one Passat Wagon vehicle with registration number RLG 19 KA used for the operation, eleven mobile phones of different makes, one power bank, cash sum of One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Naira, N125,550.00, and several bags neatly arranged in the boot to deceive unsuspecting victims as a commercial vehicle en route Benin to Agbor.
The victim has positively identified all the suspects as the gang that robbed her.
CP Daaor commended the synergy and swift response of the operatives and directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet and thorough investigation.
The Command said it remains resolute in its commitment to rid the highways of criminal elements and ensure safety of road users.