As men of the Edo State Police Command
continue to intensify effort to rid the
state of cultists and armed robbers who
have laid siege on the state capital, a
prime suspect and his accomplices
yesterday gave a chilling account of how they killed one Abu Iboje in Benin. The suspect, Lazarus Anthony, told
newsmen that he was the one who shot
the deceased after he and others went
on a reprisal attack on a rival member of
a secret cult group whose activities
sparked public outcry following the killing of over 25 persons in parts of
Benin and its environs. Other members of the five-man gang
who were alleged to have carried out
the attack on April 27, 2015, are
Greatman Ita, Sylvester Ikhifa, Obiaosa
Noble and Okeh Godstime. They were
arrested on Thursday after months of manhunt by the police who also
recovered cult-related items including
black caps belonging to the Neo Black
Movement, five live cartridges, ritzla and
other incriminating exhibits during a
raid on them in the state. The suspects were said to have
swooped on the deceased, a welder, at
his workshop at Eke Street in Benin City.
Narrating his involvement in cult
activities, the 21-year-old prime suspect,
an indigene of Emu in Esan town of Edo State, said, “I am a cultist and the name
of my group is . The incident
happened when Abu and his squad
killed Kelvin at Mikky Yaga house at
Upper Sakponba. “The next day, we went to kill Abu and
we shot him in the afternoon. We used a
short gun to kill him. Edoba who stays at
Ikki brought the idea that we should go
and kill him. It was me who fired the
shot. It was only that one that I have ever participated in. I was confused after
the killing; I didn’t know what came
over me.” The suspect who said he joined the
group last year begged the federal
government to forgive him as he was
ready to renounce the membership of
secret cult. “The federal government
should forgive me and I want to renounce from the cult. I joined the cult
last year, 2014, and I am a fashion
designer. I am still learning,” he said. He added further that one of the
suspects, Greatman Ita, an indigene of
Akwa Ibom drove them on the fateful
day the victim was murdered, an
allegation the suspect quickly
denied.The suspect added that “we are many. I have not mentioned others;
Edoba, Unity and Charity. Greatman Ita
was the driver who drove there(scene of
the attack). But when asked Greatman Ita said he
was never a member of any cultgroup
nor the said gang, pointing out that he
was in front of his shopwhere he sells
DVD items when policemen came and
arrested him. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Stephen
Onwochei, a Deputy Superintendent of
Police, (DSP) who paraded thesuspects
before newsmen at the command
headquarters, said they would be
arraigned in court to face charges. Onwochei who disclosed that the
operatives of the command had been on
the trail of the suspects vowed that the
outfit would not rest in its promise to rid
the state of criminal elements, especially,
cult related kidnappers, armed robbers and other criminal elements and their
sponsors. He noted that between April and May
this year there was a rise in theactivities
of cultists, murder, kidnappers, and
armed robbery in parts of Edo state
which led to the arrest and arraignment
of 227 cult members, adding that the command did sound a note of warning
that it would not relent until these crimes
are nipped in the bud.

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Kill d killers..

Revenge is human and 4giveness is divine,as u lay ur bed so u lie on it.

Say No to cultism..

Maghan37:
Revenge is human and 4giveness is divine,as u lay ur bed so u lie on it.

what's ur point?

TunjiMsp:
what's ur point?

The point is dat he shld face d music of his actions.

Maghan37:
The point is dat he shld face d music of his actions.

Ok

You need more than the federal government to forgive you.