A 32-year-old suspected cult chief in Edo Circumstance, Osakpolor Edebor, has been apprehended by means of police operatives.
Edebor, who has been at the police “wanted list”, used to be arrested in Auchi, Etsako West Native Executive Segment of the environment.
The suspect allegedly belongs to a gang of gunmen working as hidden cult participants.
He’s imagined to have led the beheading of 1 Cyril at Uwelu Marketplace in Benin.
Following the catastrophic business, he escaped to Auchi and reportedly joined a bunch of web fraudsters working a “yahoo yahoo academy.
It used to be additional amassed that because of
the group’s fraudulent actions in Auchi, the police raided the academy and arrested Edebor.
He used to be after transferred to the Circumstance Felony Investigation Branch on the police headquarters in Benin for additional investigation.
Throughout police investigation, Edebor used to be fingered because the alleged killer of Cyril in Uwelu.
Throughout interrogation, Edebor confessed to taking part in Cyril’s homicide, claiming it used to be revenge for the killing of a cult member he known simplest as Lagbaja.
Edebor, who confessed to the crime mentioned: “I used to be arrested in Auchi the place I used to be doing yahoo yahoo (web fraud) next confrontation over the sharing of the proceeds. Any person withheld our percentage of N6 million percentage next he had taken his personal percentage of the proceeds.
“So, I and others violently stormed his area in a bid to get better the cash. Crowd after referred to as the police and we had been arrested.
“It was when we got to the police station that information filtered out that I was in custody. That was how the cult matter was added.”
The environment Commissioner of Police, Umoru Ozigi, mentioned alternative gang participants now at immense, were known.
Ozigi mentioned that the ones at immense could be arrested quickly.
He counseled citizens for volunteering knowledge that has helped to tame the threat of cultism within the environment.
He mentioned, “Edobor has been apprehended and a manhunt is on for other gang members. We thank residents for giving information that led to his arrest.”
The continuing bloody clashes between rival confraternity teams within the environment have left dozens lifeless.