He warned that anyone found selling, buying, or using them would be arrested and prosecuted.
He stated that all intelligence and operational assets had been deployed to track down the assailants.
He warned against the increasing trend of using social media for sensational content at the expense of public safety.
Sources said the gunmen ambushed the buses on the Sobe axis of the road and dragged the victims into the bush.
The Attack led to the death of an NSCDC official.
According to the police, one suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident.
CSP Moses Yamu, the command’s spokesman, in a statement on Monday night, said the release followed “intense and sustained pressure” on his abductors.
The police command in Edo has confirmed the death of a 12-year-old girl during a gunfight between security operatives and kidnappers along the Fugar-Agenebode road in Etsako East LGA.
Mr Yamu stated that the suspects were in their mid-twenties.
The suspects were said to belong to a four-man kidnapping gang terrorising Benin and its environs.
