Ayodele Suleiman, a chief superintendent of police, was taken into custody as investigation opens into his controversial action at the scene of the assassination attempt.
The suspects, on sighting the operatives, threw the baby into the bush and opened fire on them, said the police spokeswoman.
Ms Iwegbu stated that a victim who escaped from the kidnappers’ den told the police about their whereabouts at Iyuku Forest.
The kidnappers had accosted and kidnapped three traditional worshippers who had gone to a river on the Benin-Abraka road for prayers.
Mr Aigbogun was kidnapped on Monday on his way back to his village from a farm in Ologbo-unu.
The police said that effort was ongoing to apprehend the remaining gang members on the run.
Police on Monday claimed they arrested two notorious cultists and seized ammunition along Auchi-Ekperi road in Edo.
The Edo CP charged officers of the command to intensify patrol, stop and search, raids of black spots, and other anti-crime strategies.
“The suspects, on sighting the police operatives, took to their heels from the scene of their unlawful assembly.”
