Many Feared Killed In Fresh Cultists Supremacy Clashes in Edo

Tension has gripped residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, following sporadic shooting and killings by members of rival cult groups.

The supremacy battle resurfaced this week between members of the black axe, Maphite and Eiye confraternity

In the process, many people had been killed and injured in the past days.

On Thursday, four people were reportedly killed in Benin City at the upper mission; Okhun, and Oluku.

Also in Auchi, a final year female student of the Bauchi polytechnic, was killed by a stray bullet, along with another person.

Earlier on Wednesday, a revenue collector simply identified as ‘Mopol’, was gunned down around Okhoro junction by new Benin.

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Similarly, one Miss Ibrahim Happy, a final year student of Auchi Polytechnic and another revenue collector, whose identity could not be ascertained, were shot dead on Wednesday in Auchi.

The late final year student of Auchi Polytechnic was said to be a victim of stray bullet as it was learned that she was shot at the front of the institution’s Campus 2 gate by suspected armed cultists, who were reported to be after their target, the revenue collector for commercial motorcycle riders in Auchi.

A lecturer of the Polytechnic, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident, noting that the area has been tense since the incident occurred on Wednesday.

Contacted, yesterday, spokesman of Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwanbuzor, said he was awaiting for a report from the DPO in Auchi over the killings at the Polytechnic town.
On the reported cult killings in Benin, he said: “No recent killings in Benin City, that was in the past.”