No fewer than three persons have been reportedly killed in a renewed
cult clash in Benin City, the Edo State capital.It was gathered that it
was between “Aye” and “Eiye” confraternities.
Among the dead was a man simply identified as Papa Obodo who was
reportedly killed by suspected cult members yesterday afternoon.Trouble
was said to have started at a popular drinking bar on Sakponba road in
the metropolis after a disagreement broke out between the groups on
Sunday. It reportedly took a worrisome twist on Sunday night when some
gunmen suspected to be cultists shot an unidentified man to death in the
neigbourhood.
Also yesterday, two gunmen reportedly shot a man identified as Osaze
at close range on Second East Circular road.The victim was said to have
escaped from the suspected cult members’ grip when they stormed his home
in the neigbourhood. Witness said that the gunmen afterwards chased and
fired at him.“They (gunmen) first hit Osaze with machete on the head and later shot
him to death. And the cultists was overheard chanting ‘one, one
score-line’ after killing their victim,” the witness said.
He was said to be mourning his father whose remains are said to still
be in the morgue. Confirming the incident, the Edo State Commissioner
of Police Chris Ezike said the killing was as a result of the cold war
between cult groups.
He noted that in June this year during a fight, a member of one of
the groups was shot dead, saying that yesterday’s killing was in
retaliation for that.Ezike said the police were on top of the situation
as some arrest have been made in connection to the killing, calling on
parent to always monitor their wards so that they should not be used in
cult wars.
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