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The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Usama Abubakar, at Okada Junction, in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, also said the corpses of three people that were killed by suspected herders in the Sobe community, in the Owan West Local Government Area of the state, on March 4, were recovered.

He said, “The police while acting on credible intelligence arrested one Usama Abubakar, 35, at Okada Junction and recovered one local cut-to-size gun from him.

“I can also confirm the killing of three farmers by gunmen suspected to be herders in the Sobe community, in the Owan West LGA of the state early this month.