Edo State
has been marred with cult activities in recent times. The major opponents have
been the Eiye, Black Axe, and Maphite groups.
Some
members of the Supreme Eiye Confraternity (Bird men), popularly known for
wearing blue beret, were recently pictured, burying one of their own in Benin
City.
It is no
longer news that several youths have been killed in a gruesome manner in the recent cult war in Benin City,
Edo State capital.
The
renewed cult war, which has left a lot of casualties littering the street
of Benin has reportedly calm down following the deployment of the federal crack
squad ordered by the Inspector General Police, Mr Solomon Arase.
Before
the IG’s deployment of special squad, bodies of young men had littered
everywhere in the metropolis.
Meanwhile,
some of the cult groups have started burying their own, which they call “fallen
soldiers” or “victim of war.”
Some days
back, officials of the Edo state police command arrested 11
people including four state government officials suspected to be
leaders of different cult groups in the state.
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