{"id":98290,"date":"2022-08-18T07:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98290"},"modified":"2022-08-18T07:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:47:44","slug":"nigerian-police-arrest-3-men-with-20-corpses-in-edo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/nigerian-police-arrest-3-men-with-20-corpses-in-edo-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Police arrest 3 men with 20 corpses in Edo State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1741477400896311787\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three suspected ritualists have been arrested after Nigerian police caught them with twenty corpses.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nChimaobi Okoewe and Oko Samuel \u2013 from Afikpo in Ebonyi State and Gideon Sunday \u2013 from Akwa Ibom were caught with dead people in their hideout around Asoro Slope on Upper Ekewan Road in Benin City, Edo State.<br \/>\n\ufffc<br \/>\nThree of the twenty corpses recovered are females, 15 males and two children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The corpses had dried up at the time they were found.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the corpses are meant for ritual purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Edo state commissioner of police, CP Abutu Yaro, who commended the police team that unravelled the crime assured that a wider investigation would be opened into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, all the corpses remain unidentified.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three suspected ritualists have been arrested after Nigerian police caught them with twenty corpses. 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