{"id":193114,"date":"2026-02-01T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-man-41-for-alleged-gun-shooting-possession-of-arms-in-edo"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:25:00","slug":"police-arrest-man-41-for-alleged-gun-shooting-possession-of-arms-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-man-41-for-alleged-gun-shooting-possession-of-arms-in-edo","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man, 41, for alleged gun shooting, possession of arms in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Police Command said it arrested a 41-year-old, Emmanuel Omorodion for alleged gun shooting in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Eno Ikoedem, the Public Relations Officer of the Command disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, and made available to newsmen in Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>Ikoedem said the suspect was arrested on Sunday at about 3am by operatives of Eagle Crack Unit led by CSP Ezekiel Ojeifo.<\/p>\n<p>She said on the fateful day, the Command received credible intelligence regarding repeated gunshots emanating from a residence along Erediuwa Street, off Sapele Road, Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon storming the area, the hoodlums fled and were given a hot chase until they arrested one of them named Emmanuel Omorodion \u2018m\u2019, aged 41 years\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ikoedem said one English-made double-barrel gun and one live cartridge were recovered from the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>She said the notable operational successes recorded across the Benin City metropolis within the past week were as a result of sustained intelligence-led patrols, rapid response to distress calls, and proactive crime-fighting strategies under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Police Command said it arrested a 41-year-old, Emmanuel Omorodion for alleged gun shooting in the state. Eno Ikoedem, the Public Relations Officer of the Command disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, and made available to newsmen in Benin City. Ikoedem said the suspect was arrested on Sunday at about 3am by operatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest man, 41, for alleged gun shooting, possession of arms in Edo - Nigeria<\/title>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-man-41-for-alleged-gun-shooting-possession-of-arms-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 man, 41, for alleged gun shooting, possession of arms in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edo State Police Command said it arrested a 41-year-old, Emmanuel Omorodion for alleged gun shooting in the state. 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