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Speaker 1: Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonica, has announced the

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commencement of house to house arrest of people suspected or

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identified as members of a secret cult group in the

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South South geopolitical state of Nigeria. The Commissioner of Police,

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through the statement issued by the Edo State Police Command

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spokesperson Mosesyamu a few days ago, said that twenty eight

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persons were recently arrested during a raid in the state

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early this month and nineteen of them were implicated as

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members of secret cult group and charge to court after

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what the state Police Command described as professional screening. In

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the statement, the police said the Edo State Command has

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sustained its fight against crime through visibility policing, community engagements

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and sustained raids of criminal hideouts in the state. On

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the fourth of June twenty twenty five, between sixteen hundred

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hours and twenty two hundred hours, operatives of the Command

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carried out raids of criminal hideouts within Benin City. During

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the raids, twenty eight persons were arrested and professionally screened,

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where nineteen of them found implicated were charged to court.

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In continuation of its fight against cultism, the command has commenced.

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The house to house arrests have identified cult members in

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the state to ensure that cultism is either eliminated or

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brought to its barest minimum. Three suspects who were arrested

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from various locations have confessed to being members of the

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IA and AA confraternities, respectively. They have been arraigned before

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the court accordingly. On this note, C. P. Monday Agberonica

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FDC expresses confidence that the general public would have no

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fear of crimes. That he warned all cult members to

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either denounced cultism and turn a new leaf, relocate from

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the state, or face the full wrath of the law

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as contained in the Edo State Secret Cults and Other

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Related Activities Prohibition Law. The command can be reached on

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the following mines Control Room O eight to three seven

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six four six two seven two eight seven seven seven

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seven three seven two one. Public Complaints Bureau PCB eight

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one five nine nine nine three three five Complaints Response

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Unit CRU eight one three eight nine nine nine two. Meanwhile,

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the Edo State Commissioner of Police CP. Monday Agbonica FDC,

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on the twenty eighth of May twenty twenty five, summoned

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all area commanders, PMF commanders, DPO’s Tactical Team commanders, et

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cetera for a briefing at the Police Officers mess Benin City.

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During the briefing, the Commissioner of Police commanded the offices

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for not relenting in the discharge of the duties, as

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he attributed the successes recorded so far to their relentless

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efforts on the issue of unprofessional conduct. The CP warned

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all offices to lecture their men against acts unbecoming of

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police officers, noting that zero tolerance for our professionalism must

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be maintained. On this note, the command assures the public

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that it will continue to improve its service delivery without

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most professionalism. Moses Yamu stated in a press release. We

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had reported that the Edo State Governor, monday O Pepolo

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has called for more stakeholders supports and actions towards ending

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secret cult related killings and other organized violent crimes in

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the state, stating that the aged non secret cult war

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in the South South state of Nigeria has driven away

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a lot of investors and as such, Heado State has

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been at a loss of one billion dollar every year,

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with statistics according to the governor, showing that the natives

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of Heado State top the list of the highest diaspora

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remittances in Nigeria, but over ninety five percent of the

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natives divert the funds to other states to avoid secret

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cult violence in the state, also known as the heartbeat

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of the nation. We had reported that the Edo State government,

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led by Governor monday O Pephol, has issued an executive

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order blacklisting a government registered acclaimed sociocultural organization, The Neo

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Black Movement NBM, is a violent organization among those responsible

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for violent crimes of high rates of secret cult related

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homicide killings in the state and in a swift reaction,

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the president of the Neo Black Movement of Africa NBM,

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Olaroguna sek A Corps, while speaking with a panel of

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presenters at Arise News Television during the TV program, accused

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the Governor monday Off Pepolo of allegedly using members of

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the Black ax Confraternity during his election, adding that the

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governor never consulted with them to know if members of

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Black ax Confraternity are also members of the Neo Black Movement,

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saying the governor is now attacking NBM because of black acts,

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stressing that black Axe Confraternity is a criminal organization, insisting

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that members of the confraternity are never members of the NBM,

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and shortly after the NBM president’s statement, large group of

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youths in Edo State led a solidarity protest matched to

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the Edo State Government House in Benin City to express

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their support and willingness to defend the government policies and

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actions to stop the massive destructions of lives and creation

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of young widows and high rates of fatherless children in

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the state due to secret cult activities. This assessments of

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some of the pro government policy protesters indicated that some

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of them are people who may have identified themselves in

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the past as members of the Neo Black movement, and

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they also appeared to be people very loyal to one

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of the prominent leaders of the NBM, antoniaden Aka Tony Kobaka,

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who trend when he was interviewed about the activities of

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the NBM In a BBC documentary published by the British

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Broadcasting Service some years back, we had reported that in

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apparent anger, Edo State Government, under the leadership of Governor

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Monday ok Pepolo, has issued a serious war with a

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strong message sent to the president of the Neo Black

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Movement of Africa NBM Holarogunaseka Corps that the Edo State

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government has started consultations to enable it take more appropriate

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legal action against the Neo Black movement, saying the international

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headquarters or secretariat of the movement situated at a Magma

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area in Benine’s City that was demolished last month by

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the state government, has been an enclave used for planning

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and execution of secret cult related killings by members of

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the Neo Black movement. The governor also referred to and

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described as Black Acts secret cult, probably expressing more anger

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that the leadership and members of the Neo Black Movement

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had the courage to come out publicly to identify themselves

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with the demolished building. The governor said they will be

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made to face prosecution this The National President of the

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Neo Black Movement, Holarogunesseka Corps, while speaking in reaction to

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the demolished building on a Rise News TV program, said

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the movement is not Black Acts, emphasizing that Black Axe

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is a criminal organization while the Neo Black Movement is

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a social cultural organization that promote and engage in humanitarian services.

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It would be recalled that we had reported that the

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Edo State Police Command of Nigeria Police Force has confirmed

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the arrest of ninety five persons in connection with the

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killing of more than fifteen people between April twenty fifth,

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twenty twenty five and now in the renewed deadly and

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bloody apparent supremacy secret cult war in the state among

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members of the Black Axe Confraternity AKAAA, Maffi Confraternity aka

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Grade Men and i A Confraternity aka Elents, which started

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with the killing of a physiotherapist simply identified as Alex

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and another individual at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital

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ubth back Gate were boo in Benin with the Edo

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State government led by Governor Munday Opevolo, launching a ra

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retaliatory war against businesses and individuals allegedly aiding secret cult

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killings in the state. Thus sealed off Aterno Hotel planned

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to demolish the hotel owned by Peoples Democratic Party PDP

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Chieftain Honorable Matthew Idaia Kemwen, who was the Director General

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of Assuan Oggie, a campaign organization in the last governorship

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election in the state, on the ground that a particular

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secret cult group members gathered at the Eternau Hotel to

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plan their recent killings in the state, and in addition,

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the Edo state governor also sealed often marked a residential

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building for demolition, also owned by a PDP chieftain Francis

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and Egbernecki.

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Speaker 2: We started by reading courtists India known hideouts. Then we

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started by checking of the roots to see where we

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can discourage the activities of courtists. But now we have

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gone to step for that. We are now going after

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them in their homes. We get their names, We have

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their names. So this is a message to all courtes

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that think they can hibernate, they can hide in their

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father’s houses or wherever within venicity or in the interlands,

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that we are coming after them. We have their names,

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we have their addresses.

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Speaker 1: In the mortgage is outwe