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Speaker 1: Operatives of the Edo State Police Command of the Nigeria

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Police Force have arrested one Bello Salami at the Benin

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Airport renamed as over akinzuur Ii Airport, while the suspected

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member of Mafite secret cult group was trying to flee

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the state after he was allegedly involved in the killing

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of three persons said to be members of the state

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vigilante group in the ongoing rising cult war in Edo

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State where many people have been killed in recent weeks

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in areas Nikauchi and Benin City, the state capitol. According

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to the Edo State Police Command in a statement issued

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and made available by the command spokesperson Moses Yamu on

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Thursday evening, the fight against cultism and other heinous crimes

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in Edo State and the bid to restore confidence in

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the public has been further demonstrated by the Edo State

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Police Command with the recent successes recorded across the state,

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especially with the arrest of one Bellosalami, thirty three years

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member of the Mafite confraternity who was fingered in the

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recent and killing of three vigilante members along wire road

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in Benin City. The suspect, a confessed Mapphi, was arrested

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on the twenty eighth of June twenty twenty five at

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about ten o’clock hours at the Benin Airport while attempting

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to flee the state. In another development, on the twenty

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sixth of June twenty twenty five, at about fifteen hundred hours,

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while acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Aduawa Division

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arrested the duo of Abdullahi Aria Meeta eighteen years and

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Moses Humphrey twenty five years, all members of the Vikings Confraternity.

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On the same date, at about eighteen hundred hours, operatives

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of the South Ibi Division arrested one armed Hakim twenty

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three years, a member of the AA Confraternity. Further investigation

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led to the arrest of William’s Kyode twenty five years,

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David Sylvester twenty one years, Osho Kitepu twenty two years,

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Emmanuel Monday twenty seven years, and Daniel Eheshiya twenty one years,

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all residents of South Ibby in Etsaco West Local Government Area,

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as well as the recovery of one shotgun, four live cartridges,

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two battle axes, one cutlass, a bunker of ice, an

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illicit drug in their possession all of them have confessed

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to being members of the AA Confraternity. Similarly, operatives of

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a RUA division led by the DPO, acting on actionable intelligence,

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arrested one Ogbey Oscegele, twenty nine years of epocul Ekpoma

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at a doombo Arua with a cut to size shotgun

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and two live cartridges. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend one

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Odeon Oscegele and two others now at large who are

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also members of the AA Confraternity in the same vein.

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On the twenty eighth of June twenty twenty five, operatives

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of the Ikcoma Area Command tract and arrested one Itchuerodeon

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twenty two years at a hotel in Ikpoma through credible information.

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Upon immediate search of his vehicle, an unregistered ash coloured

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Lexis are X three hundred fifty one fabricated pistol with

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two live cartridges were recovered. The suspect confessed to be

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the Essenaria zonal leader that is number one of Neo

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Black Movement NBN aka Black Axe Confraternity. While on the

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twenty ninth of June twenty twenty five, at about fifteen

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hundred hours operatives of the Jattu Division raided a flash

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point along Ibby Road and arrested one hams over Waru,

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twenty seven years of Ickabigbo community. The suspects have confessed

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to being members of the Vikings Confraternity. On the same note,

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operatives of Auchi Division intercepted and arrested Emmanuel Woulday twenty

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seven years, Khalifa Kabir twenty four years, and a Shiu

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Ahmed twenty two years, all of various locations in Auchi,

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in possession of a Joejef Magnum pump action with breach

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number twenty three YT zero zero eight three. The trio

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disguised as iron scraps scavengers with the firearm concealed in

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like manner. Lastly, to day the first of July twenty

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twenty five, at about one thirty hours, the home of

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one Jerry Oibor Mail fifteen years at number six a

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Winman down street off Major Road in a Magna community

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was raided based on credible information. Upon search of his

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house and premises, one automatic double barrel shotgun with ten

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live cartridges and one face cap bearing eye confraternity logo

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were recovered from him. The suspect has been taken into

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custody for further investigation. All suspects would be arraigned before

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the court as soon as investigations are concluded. On this note,

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the Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Agbonica FDC reassures the

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general public that the command remains resolute in the sustained

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fight against cultism, while calling on the good people of

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Edo’s State to go about their lawful businesses and never

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hesitate to report any suspicious activities around them to the police,

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the police stated. We had reported that the policemen in

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Edo State of Nigeria have arrested seven persons suspected to

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be members of a secret cult group while the suspects

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were in the act trying to kill a commercial motorcycle

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driver also known as a carda rider at Sepelee Road

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Axis in Benin City. We had reported that the Edo

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State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonica, has announced the commencement

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of house to house arrest of people suspected or identified

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as members of a secret cult group in the South

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South geopolitical state of Nigeria. We have reported that the

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Edo State Governor, Monday ok Pepolo has called for more stakeholders,

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supports and actions towards ending secret cult related killings and

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other organized violent crimes in the state, stating that the

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aged non secret cult war in the South South State

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of Nigeria has driven away a lot of investors and

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as such, Edo State has been at a loss of

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one billion dollar every year, with statistics according to the

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governor showing that the natives of Edo State topped the

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list of the highest diaspora remittances in Nigeria, but over

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ninety five percent of the natives divert the funds to

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other states to avoid secret cult violence in the state,

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also known as the heartbeat of the nation. We have

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reported that the Edo State government, led by Governor Monday

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al Pepolo, has issued an executive order blacklisting a government

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registered acclaims sociocultural organization, the Neo Black Movement NBM is

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a violent organization among those responsible for violent crimes of

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high rates of secret cult related homicide killings in the

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state and in a swift reaction, the President of the

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Neo Black Movement of Africa NBN ologunasek A Corps, while

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speaking with a panel of presenters at Arise News Television

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during the TV program, accused the governor, Monday al Pepolo,

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of allegedly using memorisms of the Black Axe Confraternity during

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his election, adding that the governor never consulted with them

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to know if members of Black Ax Confraternity are also

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members of the Neo Black movement, saying the governor is

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now attacking NBM because of black acts, stressing that Black

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Axe Confraternity is a criminal organization, insisting that members of

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the confraternity are never members of the NBM, and shortly

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after the NBM president’s statement, large group of youths in

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Edo State led a solidarity protest matched to the Edo

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State government House in Benin City to express their support

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and willingness to defend the government policies and actions to

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stop the massive destructions of lives and creation of young

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widows and high rates of fatherless children in the state

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due to secret cult activities. This assessments of some of

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the pro government policy protesters indicated that some of them

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are people who may have identified themselves in the past

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as members of the Neo Black movement, and they also

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appeared to be people very loyal to one of the

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prominent leaders of the NBM. Antoniaden Aka Tony Kovaka, who

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trend when he was interviewed about the activities of the

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NBM in a BBC documentary published by the British Broadcasting

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Service some years back, we had reported that in apparent anger,

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Edo State Government under the leadership of Governor Monday op Pevolo,

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has issued a serious warning with a strong message sent

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to the president of the Neo Black Movement of Africa NBM,

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Holaroguna Seka Corps that the Edo State government has started

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consultations to enable it take more appropriate legal action against

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the Neo Black Movement, saying the international headquarters or secretariat

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of the movement situated at a Magba area in Benin

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City that was demolished last month by the state government

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has been an enclave used for planning and execution of

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secret cult related killings by members of the Neo Black

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mus movement. The governor also referred to and described as

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black acts secret cult, probably expressing more anger that the

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leadership and members of the Neo Black movement had the

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courage to come out publicly to identify themselves with the

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demolished building. The governor said they will be made to

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face prosecution. This the National President of the Neo Black Movement,

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Olaroguna Seika KORPS, while speaking in reaction to the demolished

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building Honor Rise News TV program, said the movement is

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not Black Acts, emphasizing that Black Acts is a criminal

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organization while the Neo Black Movement is a social cultural

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organization that promote and engage in humanitarian services. It would

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be recalled that we had reported that the Edo State

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Police Command of Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest

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of ninety five persons in connection with the killing of

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more than fifteen people between April twenty fifth, twenty twenty

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five and now in the renewed deadly and bloody apparent

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supremacy secret cult war in the s State among members

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of the Black Axe Confraternity AKAAA, Maffi Confraternity aka Great

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Men and i A Confraternity aka Elents, which started with

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the killing of a physiotherapist simply identified as Alex and

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another individual at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital ubth

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back Gate were boo in Benin with the Edo State

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government led by Governor Monday Opevolo, launching a retaliatree war

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against businesses and individuals allegedly aiding secret cult killings in

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the state, thus sealed off Eterno Hotel planned to demolish

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the hotel owned by People’s Democratic Party PDP Chieftain Honorable

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Matthew Ida Kenwen, who was the director general of Assuan

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Oggier campaign organization in the last governorship election in the state,

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on the ground that a particular secret cult group members

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gathered at the Eterno Hotel to plan their recent killings

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in the state. And in addition, the Eddae state Governor

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also sealed off and marked a residential building for demolition

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also owned by a PDP chieftain Francis and Egbudeci one

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on Neede bringin you brings in a mortgage is way