Up next in 10
Police In Edo Arrest 7 Alleged Cultists While In Action Against Okada Rider
144 views
Jun 11, 2025
Police In Edo Arrest 7 Alleged Cultists While In Action Against Okada Rider https://osazuwaakonedo.news/police-in-edo-arrest-7-alleged-cultists-while-in-action-against-okada-rider/11/06/2025/ #Nigeria Police Force #Benin #edo #Police #Sapele ©June 11th, 2025 ®June 11, 2025 10:16 am Policemen in Edo State of Nigeria have arrested seven persons suspected to be members of a secret cult group while the suspects were in the act trying to kill a commercial motorcycle driver also known as Okada rider at Sapele road axis in Benin City. #OsazuwaAkonedo
View Video Transcript
0:00
policemen in Edeto state of Nigeria have
0:02
arrested seven persons suspected to be
0:04
members of a secret cult group while the
0:07
suspects were in the act trying to kill
0:09
a commercial motorcycle driver also
0:11
known as a carder rider at Sapp road
0:13
access in Benin City according to the
0:16
Edeto State Police Command spokesperson
0:19
Moses Yamu policemen at the Love World
0:22
Police Division quickly went after the
0:24
suspected killers while they were
0:25
dehumanizing the Accarda rider in a
0:28
statement issued on Tuesday the police
0:31
command said that on the 8th of June
0:33
2025 acting on a distress call that some
0:37
suspected cultists were cited
0:38
dehumanizing an Aarda rider at Peanut
0:41
Junction along Saplet Road operatives of
0:44
the Love World Division immediately
0:46
responded and arrested seven suspects
0:48
namely Eric Charles 25 years Gif Neris
0:53
24 years Odian Assaro 19 years fesus
0:57
Osai 26 years Oiggodo 19 years samuel
1:03
Svi 22 years destiny Bernard 20 years
1:07
while two yet to be identified escaped
1:10
two of the suspects confessed to be
1:12
members of the MafI confraternity
1:15
one pestle one machete one life
1:18
cartridge and one tricycle with
1:20
registration number AU
1:22
184 VH were recovered during the
1:24
operation investigation is ongoing and
1:28
suspects will soon be charged to court
1:30
the command's house-to-house arrests of
1:32
identified cultists is ongoing and will
1:35
be sustained till cultism is brought to
1:37
the barest minimum the commissioner of
1:39
police CP Monday Abonya FDC assures the
1:43
general public that the command will
1:45
continue to discharge its duty with
1:47
utmost professionalism moses Yamu stated
1:50
in the command news release we had
1:53
reported that the Edo state commissioner
1:54
of police Monday a Bonikica has
1:57
announced the commencement of
1:58
house-to-house arrest of people
2:00
suspected or identified as members of a
2:02
secret cult group in the south south
2:04
geopolitical state of Nigeria we have
2:08
reported that the Edeto state governor
2:10
Monday ovolo has called for more
2:12
stakeholders supports and actions
2:14
towards ending secret cult related
2:16
killings and other organized violent
2:19
crimes in the state stating that the
2:21
aged long secret cult war in the south
2:23
south state of Nigeria has driven away a
2:26
lot of investors and as such Edo state
2:29
has been at a loss of $1 billion every
2:31
year with statistics according to the
2:34
governor showing that the natives of
2:35
Edeto state top the list of the highest
2:38
diaspora remittances in Nigeria but over
2:41
95% of the natives divert the funds to
2:44
other states to avoid secret cult
2:46
violence in the state also known as the
2:48
heartbeat of the nation we have reported
2:51
that the Edo state government led by
2:53
Governor Monday Ovolo has issued an
2:55
executive order blacklisting a
2:57
government registered acclaimed
2:59
socioultural organization the Neolack
3:02
Movement NBM as a violent organization
3:05
among those responsible for violent
3:07
crimes of high rates of secret cult
3:12
and in a swift reaction the president of
3:14
the neolack movement of Africa NBM
3:17
Olaroguna Kakor while speaking with a
3:20
panel of presenters at Arise News
3:22
television during the TV program accused
3:25
the governor Monday of allegedly using
3:28
members of the Black Axe Confraternity
3:31
during his election adding that the
3:33
governor never consulted with them to
3:35
know if members of Black Axe
3:37
Conraternity are also members of the
3:39
Neolack Movement saying the governor is
3:42
now attacking NBM because of Black Axe
3:45
stressing that Black Confraternity is a
3:48
criminal organization insisting that
3:50
members of the Confraternity are never
3:52
members of the NBM and shortly after the
3:55
NBM president statement large group of
3:58
youths in Edo State led a solidarity
4:00
protest match to the Edeto state
4:02
government house in Benin City to
4:04
express their support and willingness to
4:06
defend the government policies and
4:09
actions to stop the massive destructions
4:11
of lives and creation of young widows
4:13
and high rates of fatherless children in
4:15
the state due to secret cult activities
4:18
this assessments of some of the
4:20
pro-govern policy protesters indicated
4:22
that some of them are people who may
4:24
have identified themselves in the past
4:27
as members of the neolack movement and
4:29
they also appeared to be people very
4:31
loyal to one of the prominent leaders of
4:33
the NBM anthony Arden aka Tony Kbaka who
4:37
trended when he was interviewed about
4:39
the activities of the NBM in a BBC
4:42
documentary published by the British
4:44
Broadcasting Service some years back we
4:47
had report that in apparent anger Edo
4:49
state government under the leadership of
4:51
Governor Mandbolo has issued a serious
4:54
warning with a strong message sent to
4:57
the president of the neolack movement of
4:59
Africa NBM Olarogunakor that the Edeto
5:03
state government has started
5:05
consultations to enable it take more
5:07
appropriate legal action against the
5:09
neolack movement saying the
5:12
international headquarters or
5:13
secretariat of the movement situated
5:16
that a Magba area in Benin City that was
5:19
demolished last month by the state
5:21
government has been an enclave used for
5:23
planning and execution of secret cult
5:25
related killings by members of the
5:27
neolack movement the governor also
5:30
referred to and described as black ax
5:32
secret cult probably expressing more
5:34
anger that the leadership and members of
5:36
the neolack movement had the courage to
5:39
come out publicly to identify themselves
5:41
with the demolished building the
5:43
governor said they will be made to face
5:45
prosecution this the national president
5:47
of the neolack movement
5:51
while speaking in reaction to the
5:52
demolished building on a rise news TV
5:55
program said the movement is not blacks
5:59
emphasizing that black ax is a criminal
6:01
organization while the neolack movement
6:03
is a social cultural organization that
6:06
promote and engage in humanitarian
6:08
services it would be recalled that we
6:11
had reported that the Edeto State Police
6:13
Command of Nigeria Police Force has
6:15
confirmed the arrest of 95 persons in
6:18
connection with the killing of more than
6:20
15 people between April 25th 2025 and
6:24
now in the renewed deadly and bloody
6:25
apparent supremacy secret cult war in
6:28
the state among members of the Black Axe
6:30
Conraternity aka AA MafI confraternity
6:34
aka great men and I confraternity aka
6:38
which started with the killing of a
6:39
physiootherapist simply identified as
6:42
Alex and another individual at the
6:44
University of Benin Teaching Hospital
6:47
UBTHback Gate Booo in Benin with the
6:51
Edeto state government led by Governor
6:53
Monday Ovolo launching a retaliatory war
6:56
against businesses and individuals
6:58
allegedly aiding secret cult killings in
7:01
the state thus sealed off at ao hotel
7:04
planned to demolish the hotel owed by
7:07
people's democratic party PDP chieftain
7:10
honorable Matthew Idrawin who was the
7:12
director general of Asuan Aier campaign
7:15
organization in the last governorship
7:17
election in the state on the ground that
7:20
a particular secret cult group members
7:22
gathered at the aterno hotel to plan
7:24
their recent killings in the state and
7:27
in addition the Edeto state governor
7:29
also sealed off and marked a residential
7:31
building for demolition also owed by a
7:33
PDP chieftain Francis Anonyi
7:40
n bringing you the news in a more
7:43
digital
#Law Enforcement
#Local News
#News