Speaker 1: Policemen in Edo's state of Nigeria have arrested seven persons
Speaker 1: suspected to be members of a secret cult group while
Speaker 1: the suspects were in the act trying to kill a
Speaker 1: commercial motorcycle driver also known as Akada Rider at Sapala
Speaker 1: Road axis in Benin City. According to the Edo State
Speaker 1: Police Command spokesperson Moses Yamu, policemen at the Love World
Speaker 1: Police Division quickly went after the suspected killers while they
Speaker 1: were dehumanizing the Akada Rider. In a statement issued on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the police command said that on the eighth of June
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, acting on a distress called that some
Speaker 1: suspected cultists were cited dehumanizing in Akada Rider at Peanut
Speaker 1: Junction along Sapalai Road, Operatives of the Love World Division
Speaker 1: immediately responded and arrested seven suspects, namely Eric Charles twenty
Speaker 1: five years, Gift Neris twenty four years, Odin Asaro nineteen years,
Speaker 1: Festis Ossai twenty six years, oas Igodoro nineteen years, Samuel
Speaker 1: Saby twenty two years, Destiny Bernard twenty years, while too
Speaker 1: yet to be identified, escaped. Two of the suspects confess
Speaker 1: to be members of the Maphite confraternity. One pestle, one matcheta,
Speaker 1: one live cartridge and one tricycle with registration number AUC
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty four VH were recovered during the operation.
Speaker 1: Investigation is ongoing and suspects will soon be charged to court.
Speaker 1: The Command's house to house arrests have identified cultists is
Speaker 1: ongoing and will be sustained till cultism is brought to
Speaker 1: the barest minimum. The Commissioner of Police CP Monday Agberonica
Speaker 1: FDC assures the general public that the command will continue
Speaker 1: to discharge its duty with utmost professionalism, Moses Yamu stated
Speaker 1: in the command news release. We had reported that the
Speaker 1: Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agberonnica has announced the
Speaker 1: commencement of house to house arrest of people suspected or
Speaker 1: identified as members of a secret cult group in the
Speaker 1: South South geopolitical state of Nigeria. We have reported that
Speaker 1: the Edo State Governor, Monday ok Pepolo has called for
Speaker 1: more stakeholders supports and actions towards ending secret cult related
Speaker 1: killings and other organized violent crimes in the state, stating
Speaker 1: that the aged non secret cult war in the South
Speaker 1: South state of Nigeria has driven away a lot of
Speaker 1: investors and as such, Heado State has been at a
Speaker 1: loss of one billion dollar every year, with statistics according
Speaker 1: to the governor showing that the natives of Heado State
Speaker 1: top the list of the highest diaspora remittances in Nigeria,
Speaker 1: but over ninety five percent of the natives divert the
Speaker 1: funds to other states to avoid secret cult violence in
Speaker 1: the state, also known as the heartbeat of the nation,
Speaker 1: we have reported that the Edo State government, led by
Speaker 1: Governor monday O Pepolo, has issued an executive order blacklisting
Speaker 1: a government registered acclaimed socioculture organization, the Neo Black Movement NBM,
Speaker 1: is a violent organization among those responsible for violent crimes
Speaker 1: of high rates of secret culture related homicide killings in
Speaker 1: the state and in a swift reaction, the president of
Speaker 1: the Neo Black Movement of Africa NBM, Olaroguna Seika Corps,
Speaker 1: while speaking with a panel of presenters at Arise News
Speaker 1: Television during the TV program, accused the Governor monday Off
Speaker 1: Pepolo of allegedly using members of the Black Ax confraternity
Speaker 1: during his election, adding that the governor never consulted with
Speaker 1: them to know if members of Black Ax Confraternity are
Speaker 1: also members of the Neo Black movement, saying the governor
Speaker 1: is now attacking NBM because of black acts, stressing that
Speaker 1: Black Axe Confraternity is a criminal organization, insisting that members
Speaker 1: of the confraternity are never members of the NBM, And
Speaker 1: shortly after the NBM president's statement, large group of youths
Speaker 1: in Edo State led as on Coladarity protest matched to
Speaker 1: the Edo State government House in Benin's City to express
Speaker 1: their support and willingness to defend the government policies and
Speaker 1: actions to stop the massive destructions of lives and creation
Speaker 1: of young widows and high rates of fatherless children in
Speaker 1: the state due to secret cult activities. This assessments of
Speaker 1: some of the pro government policy protesters indicated that some
Speaker 1: of them are people who may have identified themselves in
Speaker 1: the past as members of the Neo Black movement, and
Speaker 1: they also appeared to be people very loyal to one
Speaker 1: of the prominent leaders of the NBM, Anthony Arden aka
Speaker 1: Tony Kobaca, who trend when he was interviewed about the
Speaker 1: activities of the NBM in a BBC documentary published by
Speaker 1: the British Broadcasting Service. Some years back, we had report
Speaker 1: that in apparent anger, Heado State Government under the leadership
Speaker 1: of Governor monday O Pempolo, has issued a serious warning
Speaker 1: with a strong message sent to the President of the
Speaker 1: Neo Black Movement of Africa nbm Holaraguna Seca Corps that
Speaker 1: the Edo State government has started consultations to enable it
Speaker 1: take more appropriate legal action against the Neo Black movement,
Speaker 1: saying the international headquarters or secretariat of the movement situated
Speaker 1: at a Magba area in Benin City that was demolished
Speaker 1: last month by the state government has been an enclave
Speaker 1: used for planning and execution of secret cult related killings
Speaker 1: by members of the Neo Black movement. The governor also
Speaker 1: referred to and described as Black Axe secret cult, probably
Speaker 1: expressing more anger that the leadership and members of the
Speaker 1: Neo Black movement had the courage to come out publicly
Speaker 1: to identify themselves with the demolished building. The governor said
Speaker 1: they will be made to face prosecution this The National
Speaker 1: President of the Neo Black Movement Ologuna Seka Corps, while
Speaker 1: speaking in reaction to the demolished building on a Rise
Speaker 1: News TV program, said the movement is not Black acts,
Speaker 1: emphasizing the Black Axe is a criminal organization while the
Speaker 1: Neo Black movement is a social cultural organization that promote
Speaker 1: and engage in humanitarian services. It would be recalled that
Speaker 1: we had reported that the Edo State Police Command of
Speaker 1: Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of ninety five
Speaker 1: persons in connection with the killing of more than fifteen
Speaker 1: people between April twenty fifth, twenty twenty five and now
Speaker 1: in the renewed deadly and bloody apparent Supremacy secret cult
Speaker 1: war in the state among members of the Black Axe
Speaker 1: Confraternity AKAAA, Maffi Confraternity aka Great Men, and Ia Confraternity
Speaker 1: aka Adods, which started with the killing of a physiotherapist
Speaker 1: simply identified as Alex and another individual at the University
Speaker 1: of Benin Teaching Hospital UBTH back Gate we Boo in Benin,
Speaker 1: with the Edo State government led by Governor Munday Opepolo,
Speaker 1: launching a retaliatory war against businesses and individuals allegedly aiding
Speaker 1: c C scret cult killings in the state. Thus sealed
Speaker 1: off Eternau Hotel planned to demolish the hotel owned by
Speaker 1: People's Democratic Party PDP Chieftain Honorable Matthew Iedia Kenwyn, who
Speaker 1: was the director general of Assuan Oggier campaign organization in
Speaker 1: the last governorship election in the state, on the ground
Speaker 1: that a particular secret cult group members gathered at the
Speaker 1: Eturno Hotel to plan their recent killings in the state,
Speaker 1: and in addition, the Edo State Governor also sealed off
Speaker 1: and marked a residential building for demolition, also owed by
Speaker 1: a PDP Chieftain Francis and Egbuineki Bringi Binge in a
Speaker 1: mortgag