No fewer than seven suspected members of Black Axe, a secret cult group, have been
apprehended by security agencies at Emuhi community, a suburb of the university
town of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Govern-ment Area, Edo State.
Vanguard
learned that the suspects were arrested by a combined team of military, police
and civilian anti-cult group, while initiating new members into the cult.
Following a tip-off, the security agents had mobilised and sensing the presence
of security agents, the cult members began firing gunshots.
Seven of them were arrested, while many others escaped with
bullet wounds, abandoning their charms, regalia, initiation concoction,
cut-to-size guns among others. It was gathered that three of those arrested
were from higher institutions in Lagos, Imo and Auchi.
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