Edo guber: IGP Bans Edo State Security Network
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The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the ban of Edo State Security Network (ESSN) till further notice.
Mr. Egbetokun disclosed the ban, on Wednesday in Benin, during a stakeholders meeting on the Edo State gubernatorial election.
He warned that no private or state-owned security apparatus would be allowed to operate during and after the election.
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Recall that concerns had been raised over activities of the Edo security apparatus, following the killing of Inspector Akor Onu, a security aide to the candidate of APC, Sen. Monday Okpebholo.
Onu was shot dead on 18 July, along Airport Road by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
Following the incident, the opposition APC blamed operatives of ESSN for the death of the security officer.
The leadership of the ruling PDP in Edo State has also gathered that several operatives of the ESSN have been arrested and whisked to Abuja by the Police.
