The Edo State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly killing an artisan and setting his corpse ablaze.
The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, disclosed this on Sunday in Benin City.
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 a.m. on February 20, 2025.
He said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the Textile Mill division received a call that they saw the corpse of a middle-aged man lying under sawdust and burning.
According to him, the DPO in charge of the Textile Mill Road division received a distress call at 8 a.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from members of the public who had seen the corpse of a middle-aged man covered with sawdust and set ablazed.
โThe DPO mobilised and deployed his operatives to the scene and actually found the corpse burning under the sawdust.
โThey took the corpse to the hospital, but they, however, found that there was a gunshot injury on the back of the deceasedโs neck. (Guardian)