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<v Speaker 1>Policemen in Edo's state of Nigeria have arrested seven persons

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<v Speaker 1>suspected to be members of a secret cult group while

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<v Speaker 1>the suspects were in the act trying to kill a

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<v Speaker 1>commercial motorcycle driver also known as Akada Rider at Sapala

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<v Speaker 1>Road axis in Benin City. According to the Edo State

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<v Speaker 1>Police Command spokesperson Moses Yamu, policemen at the Love World

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<v Speaker 1>Police Division quickly went after the suspected killers while they

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<v Speaker 1>were dehumanizing the Akada Rider. In a statement issued on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>the police command said that on the eighth of June

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, acting on a distress called that some

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<v Speaker 1>suspected cultists were cited dehumanizing in Akada Rider at Peanut

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<v Speaker 1>Junction along Sapalai Road, Operatives of the Love World Division

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<v Speaker 1>immediately responded and arrested seven suspects, namely Eric Charles twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five years, Gift Neris twenty four years, Odin Asaro nineteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>Festis Ossai twenty six years, oas Igodoro nineteen years, Samuel

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<v Speaker 1>Saby twenty two years, Destiny Bernard twenty years, while too

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<v Speaker 1>yet to be identified, escaped. Two of the suspects confess

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<v Speaker 1>to be members of the Maphite confraternity. One pestle, one matcheta,

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<v Speaker 1>one live cartridge and one tricycle with registration number AUC

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and eighty four VH were recovered during the operation.

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<v Speaker 1>Investigation is ongoing and suspects will soon be charged to court.

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<v Speaker 1>The Command's house to house arrests have identified cultists is

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<v Speaker 1>ongoing and will be sustained till cultism is brought to

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<v Speaker 1>the barest minimum. The Commissioner of Police CP Monday Agberonica

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<v Speaker 1>FDC assures the general public that the command will continue

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<v Speaker 1>to discharge its duty with utmost professionalism, Moses Yamu stated

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<v Speaker 1>in the command news release. We had reported that the

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<v Speaker 1>Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agberonnica has announced the

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<v Speaker 1>commencement of house to house arrest of people suspected or

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<v Speaker 1>identified as members of a secret cult group in the

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<v Speaker 1>South South geopolitical state of Nigeria. We have reported that

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<v Speaker 1>the Edo State Governor, Monday ok Pepolo has called for

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<v Speaker 1>more stakeholders supports and actions towards ending secret cult related

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<v Speaker 1>killings and other organized violent crimes in the state, stating

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<v Speaker 1>that the aged non secret cult war in the South

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<v Speaker 1>South state of Nigeria has driven away a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>investors and as such, Heado State has been at a

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<v Speaker 1>loss of one billion dollar every year, with statistics according

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<v Speaker 1>to the governor showing that the natives of Heado State

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<v Speaker 1>top the list of the highest diaspora remittances in Nigeria,

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<v Speaker 1>but over ninety five percent of the natives divert the

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<v Speaker 1>funds to other states to avoid secret cult violence in

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<v Speaker 1>the state, also known as the heartbeat of the nation,

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<v Speaker 1>we have reported that the Edo State government, led by

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<v Speaker 1>Governor monday O Pepolo, has issued an executive order blacklisting

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<v Speaker 1>a government registered acclaimed socioculture organization, the Neo Black Movement NBM,

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<v Speaker 1>is a violent organization among those responsible for violent crimes

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<v Speaker 1>of high rates of secret culture related homicide killings in

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<v Speaker 1>the state and in a swift reaction, the president of

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<v Speaker 1>the Neo Black Movement of Africa NBM, Olaroguna Seika Corps,

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<v Speaker 1>while speaking with a panel of presenters at Arise News

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<v Speaker 1>Television during the TV program, accused the Governor monday Off

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<v Speaker 1>Pepolo of allegedly using members of the Black Ax confraternity

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<v Speaker 1>during his election, adding that the governor never consulted with

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<v Speaker 1>them to know if members of Black Ax Confraternity are

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<v Speaker 1>also members of the Neo Black movement, saying the governor

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<v Speaker 1>is now attacking NBM because of black acts, stressing that

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<v Speaker 1>Black Axe Confraternity is a criminal organization, insisting that members

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<v Speaker 1>of the confraternity are never members of the NBM, And

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<v Speaker 1>shortly after the NBM president's statement, large group of youths

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<v Speaker 1>in Edo State led as on Coladarity protest matched to

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<v Speaker 1>the Edo State government House in Benin's City to express

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<v Speaker 1>their support and willingness to defend the government policies and

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<v Speaker 1>actions to stop the massive destructions of lives and creation

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<v Speaker 1>of young widows and high rates of fatherless children in

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<v Speaker 1>the state due to secret cult activities. This assessments of

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<v Speaker 1>some of the pro government policy protesters indicated that some

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<v Speaker 1>of them are people who may have identified themselves in

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<v Speaker 1>the past as members of the Neo Black movement, and

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<v Speaker 1>they also appeared to be people very loyal to one

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<v Speaker 1>of the prominent leaders of the NBM, Anthony Arden aka

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Kobaca, who trend when he was interviewed about the

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<v Speaker 1>activities of the NBM in a BBC documentary published by

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<v Speaker 1>the British Broadcasting Service. Some years back, we had report

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<v Speaker 1>that in apparent anger, Heado State Government under the leadership

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<v Speaker 1>of Governor monday O Pempolo, has issued a serious warning

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<v Speaker 1>with a strong message sent to the President of the

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<v Speaker 1>Neo Black Movement of Africa nbm Holaraguna Seca Corps that

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<v Speaker 1>the Edo State government has started consultations to enable it

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<v Speaker 1>take more appropriate legal action against the Neo Black movement,

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<v Speaker 1>saying the international headquarters or secretariat of the movement situated

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<v Speaker 1>at a Magba area in Benin City that was demolished

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<v Speaker 1>last month by the state government has been an enclave

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<v Speaker 1>used for planning and execution of secret cult related killings

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<v Speaker 1>by members of the Neo Black movement. The governor also

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<v Speaker 1>referred to and described as Black Axe secret cult, probably

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<v Speaker 1>expressing more anger that the leadership and members of the

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<v Speaker 1>Neo Black movement had the courage to come out publicly

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<v Speaker 1>to identify themselves with the demolished building. The governor said

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<v Speaker 1>they will be made to face prosecution this The National

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<v Speaker 1>President of the Neo Black Movement Ologuna Seka Corps, while

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<v Speaker 1>speaking in reaction to the demolished building on a Rise

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<v Speaker 1>News TV program, said the movement is not Black acts,

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<v Speaker 1>emphasizing the Black Axe is a criminal organization while the

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<v Speaker 1>Neo Black movement is a social cultural organization that promote

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<v Speaker 1>and engage in humanitarian services. It would be recalled that

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<v Speaker 1>we had reported that the Edo State Police Command of

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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of ninety five

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<v Speaker 1>persons in connection with the killing of more than fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>people between April twenty fifth, twenty twenty five and now

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<v Speaker 1>in the renewed deadly and bloody apparent Supremacy secret cult

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<v Speaker 1>war in the state among members of the Black Axe

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<v Speaker 1>Confraternity AKAAA, Maffi Confraternity aka Great Men, and Ia Confraternity

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<v Speaker 1>aka Adods, which started with the killing of a physiotherapist

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<v Speaker 1>simply identified as Alex and another individual at the University

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<v Speaker 1>of Benin Teaching Hospital UBTH back Gate we Boo in Benin,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Edo State government led by Governor Munday Opepolo,

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<v Speaker 1>launching a retaliatory war against businesses and individuals allegedly aiding

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<v Speaker 1>c C scret cult killings in the state. Thus sealed

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<v Speaker 1>off Eternau Hotel planned to demolish the hotel owned by

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<v Speaker 1>People's Democratic Party PDP Chieftain Honorable Matthew Iedia Kenwyn, who

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<v Speaker 1>was the director general of Assuan Oggier campaign organization in

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<v Speaker 1>the last governorship election in the state, on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>that a particular secret cult group members gathered at the

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<v Speaker 1>Eturno Hotel to plan their recent killings in the state,

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<v Speaker 1>and in addition, the Edo State Governor also sealed off

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<v Speaker 1>and marked a residential building for demolition, also owed by

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<v Speaker 1>a PDP Chieftain Francis and Egbuineki Bringi Binge in a

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<v Speaker 1>mortgag