Terrible: Cult clashes leave 6 people dead in Edo

by Oke Efagene

Oshiomole

About 6 people have been feared dead in some parts of Benin City in Edo State within the last 3 days, as a result of clashes between rival cults, believed to be the Eiye and Aiye (Black Axe) confraternities.

It was gathered that the cult war started near Oba Market, over issues of ticketing members of a task force, alleged to have been engaged by the state government.

Another group in the same area, is also believed to have been engaged by the Oredo Council. Both groups are said to have belonged to rival cults.

Leadership report:

One of the dead, it was gathered, had just rounded off his Master’s Degree programme from the University of Benin, while a community leader from Iyowha area, near the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), has reported that six persons were missing in the area.

In another development, suspected hoodlums attacked a reporter with The Nation newspaper in the state, Ben Ogbemudia, along Eke Street,near St Saviour, Upper Sokponba Road, Benin City.

According to Ogbemudia, on Monday evening, at about 7.30 pm, he had parked his car along the street where he had gone to see his family before the New Year’s Eve activities.

In no time, his suspected assailants, comprising three men whom he identified as Emwanta, Adult and Osaretin, roared to a stop in a Nissan  marked Edo DGE 382 AA, and attacked him, inflicting deep machete cuts on the upper arm of his left hand.

He was later rushed to a private clinic where the cut were stitched and later reported the incident at the St Saviour Police Station.

When contacted yesterday, the Edo State police public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Moses Eguavoen, said that he was expecting a brief from the district police officers in the affected areas.

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