18 Dead And Others Injured As Cults Clash In Edo

At least 18 people have died in the ongoing cult war in Edo State.

Media reports confirmed at least 18 deaths in the ongoing cult war in Edo State after a recent escalation.

An Assistant Commissioner of Police and two other policemen were shot on Friday in the Sokponba axis of Benin; after being caught in the crossfire.

According to eyewitnesses, the cultists are freely using AK-47 rifles, machetes, battle axes and other dangerous weapons.

The pandemonium sparked by the sporadic shooting forced banks, markets,offices and other business outlets to shut down hurriedly.

Residents stayed indoors and the streets were deserted.

The ACP and the two other policemen, according to witnesses, were shot in the early hours of yesterday on Murtala Muhammed Way, close to Third East Circular Road Junction in the Sokponba axis of Benin.

The three police officers were shot by the cultists, immediately they were sighted during rescue operation in the hot zone.

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Recall that during the #EndSARS protest in the State, protesters attacked the Maximum Correctional Centre (White House); as well as the Medium Correctional Centre to free about 1,993 inmates, mostly cultists.

Cult activities also heightened in the Ekenwan, Siluko, Wire, Dumez, Texile Mill and New Benin axes; as well as Ogida, Ogbe and Ibivwe Quarters of the state capital.

With the police still recovering from the  October 19 looting and razing of seven police stations in the state; soldiers were deployed in the troubled areas of Benin, especially Upper Sokponba, Idogbo and Three House Junction.

Hoodlums, who hijacked the #EndSARS protests in Benin, attacked the Maximum Correctional Centre (White House) on Sapele Road and the Medium Correctional Centre on Airport Road, both in Benin, and opened the jail house for 1,993 inmates, mostly cultists, to escape.

Some of them have resumed their criminal activities.

One of the leaders of the cult groups was buried on Friday, November 13 and moments after the interment, his supporters went on the rampage as a mark of respect to their departed  leader.Photo Credit: Getty

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