{"id":6423,"date":"2026-05-19T08:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=6423"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:53:45","slug":"police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Edo State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers and rescued a female victim in Jattu. <br \/><br \/>The spokesperson for the command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, May 18, 2026. <br \/><br \/>According to the PPRO, the suspects, Nura Saminu, 24, Shaibu Isah, 23, Suraj Sabitu, 23, Yajubu Sagiru, 23, and Oseni Abdullahi, 26, abducted the victim, Jemila Ibrahim on May 13. <br \/><br \/>\u201cOn 13th May, 2026, at about 1930hrs, security operatives engaged in sustained bush combing operations around Okpege River Road, Iyuku Community in Jattu, successfully rescued one Jemila Ibrahim, who was kidnapped on 10th May, 2026,\u201d the statement read.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;The victim was rescued unhurt and taken to the hospital for medical attention while the suspects allegedly responsible for her abduction have been successfully arrested. <br \/><br \/>&#8220;The suspects are currently in custody and will be arraigned before court upon conclusion of investigation. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Agbonika,fdc commends the operatives involved in the operation and reassures residents of Edo state of the Command\u2019s commitment to sustaining the fight against kidnapping and other violent crimes in Edo State.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers and rescued a female victim in Jattu. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, May 18, 2026. According to the PPRO, the suspects, Nura Saminu, 24, Shaibu Isah, 23, Suraj Sabitu, 23, Yajubu Sagiru, 23, and Oseni [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-19T08:53:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ED.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/705d2523871cc6418692ac2d71e674d9\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-19T08:53:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ED.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/19\\\/police-arrest-five-suspected-kidnappers-rescue-victim-in-edo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Edo - 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