File photo: Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo.
The Edo State Government on Thursday demolished a building allegedly owned by a suspected kidnap kingpin in Obagie-N’Evbuosa Community, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, as part of its crackdown on kidnapping and other violent crimes.
The state governor, Monday Okpebholo’s Chief Press Secretary, Patrick Ebojele, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said the demolition was carried out by the Principal Security Officer to Governor Monday Okpebholo, alongside security agencies and the Edo State Security Squad.
The squad’s spokesperson, Noah Idemudia, said the building had been identified as a place where kidnapped victims were allegedly kept before being moved to other locations.
