Youths arrest, handover suspected female trafficker to Police after escaping from custody in Edo
The suspected female kidnapper/ trafficker in the middle of the victims By Editor Aug 24, 2025 Youths at the PZ area on the Benin-Sapele road, Benin City, have reportedly rearrested a female suspected trafficker simply identified as Mrs Anita, who allegedly escaped from the South-Ibie Divisional Police headquarters, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. Dailymonitorngr gathered that the youths in the community located in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, however, handed over the suspect to the Edo State Police Command. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu confirmed the rearrest when contacted. Yamu added that the suspect is already in the Command's custody, and the investigation is ongoing. DailyMonitorgnr recalls that on August 17, 2025, hundreds of youths and women in the South Ibie community protested the alleged escape of the suspected kidnapper and human trafficker from the police station located in the area The protesters wh...