Okpebholo declares war on cultism as killings continue
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE governor of Edo State, Sen Monday Okpebholo has ordered heads of various security agencies in the State to make the state unsafe for criminal elements including cultists who have been on a killing spree for the past two weeks. As of Monday morning, not less than seven people […]
Suspected cultists kill soldier in Bayelsa
By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio Suspected members of a notorious cult group, identified as Icelanders, Thursday night shot dead a soldier attached to the headquarters of security outfit, code named Operation Delta Safe, OPDS, located within Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Although reasons for the dastardly act could not be verified, […]
How Ekiti, Osun are battling cultism
By Rotimi Ojomoyela & Shina Abubakar Cult-related activities in Ekiti and Osun states have put the two states into the limelight in recent times, perhaps for the wrong reason. The first reported case of killing by the suspected cult members occurred on the 13th of January 2021 at about 8:30 pm at Iworoko-Ekiti, a community […]
Cult killings: Police arrest 35 more suspects in Ekiti
The Police Command in Ekiti State on Monday arrested 35 more suspects in connection with the bloody cult clash in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area on Sunday. The clash which left six persons dead and several others sustaining various degrees of gun and machete injuries began Saturday night and lasted through the early hours […]
Cult clash allegedly claim 6 lives in Akwa Ibom community
By Chioma Onuegbu ABOUT six persons have been reportedly killed in a clash between two suspected cult groups , the Iron and the Skin confraternity at Mbiabong Ikot Essien village, in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State last Saturday. Newsmen gathered that the six persons who were members of the cult groups allegedly died […]
Suspected cultists shoot one in Delta community
By Paul Olayemi Barely a week after security forces were deployed to Sapele town in Sapele local government area of Delta State, to forestall incessant killing from suspected cult group, gunmen have shot another man today, Monday. The victim whose name cannot be ascertained as at press time was said to be heading to town […]
