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edo State High Court sitting in Benin
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City on Wednesday remanded two persons a
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bus driver and one other person to
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prison for murder over the killing of a
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2 years old baby at Ring Road popular
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area in Benin City when an official of
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the Edeto State Public Safety Response
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Team PSRT allegedly dragged steering
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wheel with the bus driver causing the
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moving vehicle to veer off the road to
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snatch and smash the baby girl on the
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pedestrian lane this the investigative
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police officer IPO Aspina Abayawana
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testified before the court that the
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murder was committed when the bus driver
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dragged the steering wheel with an
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official of the PSR but the PSR official
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was apparently not arraigned with the
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two other murder suspects even when the
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police testimony indicated that the PSR
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official may be the principal suspect in
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the murder case because there is seemly
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no justification for any law enforcement
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officer to hold or drag the steering
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wheel of a vehicle even if the driver of
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the vehicle is a high-profile criminal
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suspect according to state-owned media
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in Nigeria the news agency of Nigeria
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NAN the Edeto state high court remanded
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the two persons Alichua and Kingsley
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Michael in a correctional center over
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alleged killing of a 21-month-old child
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ichua 25 and Michael 36 whose addresses
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were not given are being charged with
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murder the prosecutor Polycap Odian said
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that the defendants committed the
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offense on March 12th in Benin County
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odian said that I Michael unlawfully
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killed the child with a vehicle and
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attempted to kill two other persons he
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said that the offenses contravene
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243 and 248 of the Criminal Law of Edo
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the prosecutor urged the court to remand
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the defendants in a correctional center
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pending the advice of the director of
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prosecution councel to the defendant Mr
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paul Badaki prayed the court to grant
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his client's bail arguing that the case
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was purely an accident and not murder
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badaki further urged the court to listen
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to the report of the investigating
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police officer IPO to determine the true
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nature of the matter in her report the
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IPO aspina Abuana said that the
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defendant's vehicle was coming from
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Agore Park to ring road when a police
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public safety response team intercepted
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them she said that the defendants
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dragged the vehicle steering with the
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police saying the vehicle veered off the
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road in the process and killed the
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little girl the presiding judge Justice
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Williams Azerban directed the defense
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council to tender a formal bail
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application before the court he said
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that the facts in the bail application
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would enable the court to determine
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whether the case was purely an accident
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or murder the judge remanded the
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defendants in Oko Correctional Center
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and adjourned the case until April 1st
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we had reported that following widely
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media reported case of alleged abuse of
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the Naira the Economic and Financial
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Crimes Commission EFCC has arrested and
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detained Kelly aka Ebo Stone the
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coordinator of the Edeto state public
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safety response team the government
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agency that was suspended a few days ago
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by the state governor Monday OPO over
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extortion harassment and unruly behavior
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days after a baby girl was killed when
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an official of the PSR allegedly dragged
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steering wheel with the bus driver of a
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moving vehicle in other issue we have
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reported that the coordinator of the
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Edeto state public safety response team
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PSR Kelly aka Ebo Stone the PSR team
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that was suspended on Friday
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indefinitely by the state government has
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debunked rumors and speculations that
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one of the PSR officials that was
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lynched by mob over the death of a
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2-year-old baby girl in Benin City on
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Wednesday after the official allegedly
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dragged steering wheel with the bus
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driver of a moving vehicle is dead
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speaking with the PSR official at an
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undisclosed hospital in Benin City Embo
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Stone said he decided to do a video
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press release with the victim at the
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hospital bed to prove to those
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apparently happy over the unfortunate
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incident that the PSR official is not
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dead we had reported that the Edeto
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state governor Monday Obo has
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indefinitely suspended the operational
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activities of the state public safety
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response team PSR days after an official
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of the PSR allegedly dragged steering
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wheel with the driver of a moving bus
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leading to an accident that killed a
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2-year-old baby in Benin City this the
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state coordinator of the PSR Kellya aka
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Evo Stone reacted and said he supported
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the governor for the PSR suspension some
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residents who witnessed the cause of the
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accident on Wednesday said one of the
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PSR officials simply identified as a
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barer was seen dragging the steering
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wheel of a moving vehicle with the bus
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driver and suddenly the vehicle veered
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off the road and snatched the 2 years
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old baby girl from her mother who is a
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posos operator and smashed the little
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girl on the road pavement edo state
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government in a statement signed and
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made available by the secretary to the
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state government Umar Musurikula stated
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that the decision was taken based on
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several complaints received by the state
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government on allegations of extortion
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harassment and unruly behavior by
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members of the team we have reported
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that the Edeto State Command of the
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Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the
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killing of a 2 years old baby after a
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bus driver rammed the bus into a group
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of pedestrians while running away from
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the Edeto state public safety response
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team PSR at the highly populated Ring
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Road in Benin City this the state
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coordinator of the PSR Kellya aka Ebo
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Stone apologized to the bereaveved
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family and promised to take action
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against the PSR official who allegedly
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gave the bus driver a chase the police
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in a statement on Thursday said the PSR
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official was almost lynched to death by
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angry mob but he was rescued due to the
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quick intervention of the men of the
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Sigi police division adding that the
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tragic incident involves a white valet
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bus with registration number then 406 y
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ramming into some pedestrians ostensibly
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to evade arrest by members of the Edeto
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state public safety response
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