The Edo State Police Command has vowed to curb the actions of cult teams which have claimed a number of lives within the state prior to now two weeks.
That is simply as a police officer misplaced his life throughout an anti-cultism operation in Ugbowo axis on December 24, 2023.
Responding to a sequence of killings by suspected rival cult teams in Benin, the police mentioned on Tuesday in a press release by its Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, that the command was doing all it may to revive peace and order.
Earlier, Hilary Odia, a broadcaster with Unbiased Tv and Radio and a vigilante commander had been killed in cult clashes.
Nwabuzor additionally mentioned the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dankwara, has urged residents of the state to stay calm and proceed their Christmas celebrations, assuring them of the protection of lives and properties.
The assertion learn partly: “The Edo State Police Command needs to tell most of the people, particularly the nice individuals of Edo State, that the command is conscious of the key cult preventing and killings within the state, particularly in Benin metropolis , in current instances. which claimed the lives of harmless civilians, particularly that of Mr. Hillary Nosa Odia, an worker of Unbiased Tv and Radio, Benin Metropolis.
“The command is sincerely and strongly preventing this crime and needs to place an finish to it in order that the state could be peaceable for all.
“Its efforts within the combat towards secret cultists or to cease the killings are manifested within the lack of certainly one of its personnel throughout operations in Ugbowo axis on December 24, 2023.
Police added that “a major variety of arrests of secret cult members of varied cult teams have been made at numerous places within the state and can quickly be delivered to courtroom for prosecution.”
