The truck driver was said to have lost control of the vehicle while trying to ascend the hill.
The CP advised citizens to be guided by law in all ways.
The Edo and Imo police commands have directed heads of formations to beef up security in all locations ahead of the East celebration.
The statement, however, said the CP ordered his orderly room trial.
The police said they would no longer treat party primaries as just a party affair.
Two suspected armed robbers and nine kidnappers, he said, were also arrested in the period under review.
”The suspect is not remorseful. After killing his wife, he still claimed that his action was the only solution to her starving him of sex.”
Police said that the 16-year-old suspect, on June 7, allegedly lured the minor into his room and defiled her.
Mr Nwabuzor said the suspects had made statements and confessed to being members of the dreaded Manphite secret cult.
Mr Nwabuzor gave the suspects’ names as Joel Emazor, 31, and Philip Roberts, 30.
