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BREAKING: Police Arrest Political Thugs, Recover Arms In Overnight Raids Few Hours To Edo Guber Polls [PHOTOS]

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Just a few hours before the commencement of the Edo State governorship off-cycle election, the Nigeria Police Force has arrested two political thugs in the state.

Force Spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a terse post on his X handle on Saturday morning, said the arrest was the police’s efforts to curb electoral violence in the state.

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According to ACP Adejobi, the duo was arrested in an overnight raid.

He gave the names of the two as Edwin Obanor, 43-year-old  and Audu Tajudeen, a 41-year-old PDP member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko, Edo.

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The arrest comes hours after the PDP posted a video showing the arrest of some thugs with guns by security operatives in Edo State.

The PDP said the thugs were sent and sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

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The governorship election is between three major candidates – Asue Ighodalo of the PDP, Monday Okpebholo of the APC, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP).

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