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 A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Edo State under the banner of Network of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (NOCSON) on Thursday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Edo State Police Command to publish the names of all the suspects that escaped from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on New Year Day and details of all of the police officers on duty on the day of the incident. Issuing the ultimatum in Benin City at a press conference, the Acting President of NOCSON, Comrade Ogbidi Emmanuel, and Director of Publicity, Comrade Bevy Efe, said they were shocked that such incident could happen in the most secured police facility in the state without any external attacks, adding that they smell sabotage and that they were not encouraged by the report they got when they visited the state command on a fact-finding mission. The group added with the cell break at the SCID, it had become clear that the break into the two correctional facilities during the...

...Female journalist robbed at gunpoint By Ozioruva Aliu There was tension and fear in Benin City, headquarter of Edo state as news filtered in that an unspecified number of detainees reportedly escaped from detention at the state Command Headquarter of the Nigerian Police on Saturday night. Most of the escapees are said to be those arrested for kidnappings, robbery and the ongoing cult-related killings in the state. As an immediate measure, some officers of the state command and others who were on duty at the time of the incident have been reportedly detained while the road by the Command Headquarters which was recently partially reopened after the #EndSARS protest was completely closed to traffic. As at the time of filing this report, the Commissioner of Police, who was recently promoted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Babatunde Johnson Kokumo and the Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor have not responded to their calls or issued any statement on the...