Our people now recruit cr+minals from other states for armed r%bbery, kidn@ppings, others — Edo State Governor, Okpebholo alleges
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has alleged that some residents now travel to parts of Nigeria to recruit criminals who are later used for kidn@pping, armed r%bbery and other crimes in the state.
He made the allegation while speaking at the 2026 Ministers’ Conference organised by the Edo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Benin City, where insecurity and related issues were discussed. He also said that many reports circulating on social media about insecurity are false or exaggerated.
The governor recalled a recent incident along Sapele Road, saying he immediately directed security operatives to respond after receiving a report, only for it to be confirmed as false. He added that while insecurity is real, false alarms are worsening the situation and are sometimes used to discredit his administration.
He further said: “Tomorrow you will see them driving expensive cars, building houses, how are they getting these things, they will tell you they are Yahoo Boys. They are these, they are that, if you hear that we have arrested somebody, don’t come to beg me.”
“Some reports on insecurity are just to bring this government down, to give this government a bad name but it’s not that there is no insecurity, the false alarms are another issue in this country,” he said.
Okpebholo also stated that volunteers have been positioned in forests to prevent criminals from settling in Edo State.
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