{"id":61297,"date":"2025-02-15T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61297"},"modified":"2025-02-15T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:37:08","slug":"edo-security-corps-arrests-18-suspected-kidnappers-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/15\/edo-security-corps-arrests-18-suspected-kidnappers-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Security Corps Arrests 18 Suspected Kidnappers, Robbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Abaire Olanlesi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) has arrested 18 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers along the Benin-Auchi Road, seizing 38 locally-made guns, pellets, and charms during a bush combing operation near Equedion Camp.<\/p>\n<p>ESSC Commandant Friday Ibadin, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the arrests and reassured residents of the government&#8217;s commitment to security, especially for farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen of the suspects are non-indigenes, while one hails from Agbede.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were handed over to the Agbede Police Station as the corps intensified efforts to clear criminal elements from the state&#8217;s forests.<\/p>\n<p>The operation aligns with Governor Monday Okpebholo\u2019s directive to enhance security across Edo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abaire Olanlesi The Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) has arrested 18 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers along the Benin-Auchi Road, seizing 38 locally-made guns, pellets, and charms during a bush combing operation near Equedion Camp. ESSC Commandant Friday Ibadin, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the arrests and reassured residents of the government&#8217;s commitment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61299,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61297\/revisions\/61299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}