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The Edo State Police Command on Monday said it has arrested three bouncers involved in the Children’s Day chaos at the Sam Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.
In a press statement by the command’s PPRO, Eno Ikoedem, on Monday, another operative was also arrested for using tear gas that led to the death of a citizen of the state.
She also said that one Rebecca Hassan, alleged to be the supplier/seller of the pepper spray used during the incident on children’s day.
The statement read, “The Edo State Police Command has expressed grave concern over the increasing proliferation, unauthorised possession, and unlawful use of restricted security accoutrements such as pepper spray, tear-gas canisters, and other force-related equipment by private individuals, bouncers, vigilantes, and unauthorised security outfits within the State.
