Police authorities in Edo State said the command had arrested some persons in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Prince Dennis Abuda.
Speaking on the development last Thursday, the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the hoodlums, who obviously are not Fulani herdsmen, were arrested by operatives of the anti-kidnapping and cybercrimes unit in collaboration with vigilantes and hunters.
According to the police spokesperson, the victim’s body was located along the Benin-Agbor-Lagos bypass, further impelling deeper investigations into the crime.
While Abuda was shot dead by his abductors, a heated chase by security operatives caused the kidnappers to release three other abductees who happened to be the deceased’s brothers.
SP Nwabuzor said the investigations into the matter were still ongoing as those arrested have been helping the police to arrest other hoodlums within the state.
The late US-based Nigerian, who came into the country for a visit, hails from Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.
The police command warned all criminally minded people to look for a decent job or leave the state.
The DEFENDER reports that kidnap of Prince Dennis Abuda in Edo and that of Mr. Suleiman Akinbami in Ekiti State had been used by Southern agitators tagging Fulani herdsmen for crimes in the West, East and other regions of Southern Nigerian for kidnapping, raping killing of their people until each reports from each of the two major crimes revealed otherwise.
Akinbami particularly declared that his kidnappers were all Yoruba and not Fulani herdsmen and since then, our respondent complained, “all your media hypes against Fulani race have stopped. We believe in Allah that he will expose all elements who are hiding in the dark to give the dog of Fulani in this country a bad name to hang it. He will surely do that,” he said.
