Mr Abutu said the suspect during interrogation confessed to the theft and revealed to the police that he had been into car theft since 2021.
The suspects, on sighting the operatives, threw the baby into the bush and opened fire on them, said the police spokeswoman.
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin and arrested three suspects with 20 mummified bodies.
Ms Iwegbu said the suspect was killed by operatives of the command on routine patrol while other suspects were wounded and fled.
The Edo CP charged officers of the command to intensify patrol, stop and search, raids of black spots, and other anti-crime strategies.
The mother of four caught with the suspected human skull advised other women not to get involved in selling human parts.
Mr Yaro is the 43rd commissioner of police in the history of the Edo command.
On August 5, at about 9:35 p.m., armed bandits in their numbers attacked and threw explosives and petrol bombs on top of the roof of Orsu police station in Imo state.
Unknown gunmen have beheaded a guardsman of an Imo lawmaker as violent attacks continue in the state.
“Officers killed five of the hoodlums during crossfire, while others fled with bullet injuries.”
