Mr Akintayo said that the exercise aimed at ensuring compliance with the monthly environmental sanitation directive of the Edo State Government.
The judge adjourned the case to October 8 for cross-examination and continuation of hearing.
The police received information that gunmen accosted and kidnapped the priest in his Toyota Highlander car.
The students mounted a roadblock at the entrance of the university’s main gate.
The police command in Edo has confirmed the killing of Augustine Izu, a final year Political Science student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
