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Four suspected cultists nabbed in Edo after murder of motor park manager

Mr Yamu stated that the suspects were in their mid-twenties.

• June 24, 2025
Edo state map
Edo state map used to illustrate the story(Credit: Nigeria Zip Codes)

The police command in Edo State has detained four suspects for their alleged cultists involvement in cult activities in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Yamu, confirmed their arrest and detention in a statement on Tuesday in Benin,

Mr Yamu said their arrests followed the killing of a motor park manager, simply identified as AK, in the town on Saturday.

He said the operatives of the command arrested the suspects on Sunday during a coordinated house-to-house operation by the operatives of the Anti-Cultism Unit, in collaboration with officers from the Jattu and Auchi Divisions.

Mr Yamu stated that the suspects were in their mid-twenties, saying that intelligence revealed that the suspects were responsible for cult violence in Auchi and its environs.

The state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, assured the public of the command’s resolve to rid the state of cultism, assuring that the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.

(NAN)

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