Suspected cultists arrested with automatic pump action gun worth N700k

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspected cultists with automatic pump action gun worth N700,000.

The suspects said to be members of the Maphite confraternity are: Eyefia Godbless, 30, Imuetiyan Ewemade, 30 and 22-year-old Emeka Okpaja.

The State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, disclosed that the suspects were arrested at Ubiaza Community, Off Sapele Road in Benin City, where they planned to avenge the killing of one of their members, (simply identified as Kokori) who was allegedly killed by members of Aye confraternity, a rival cult group in June 2024.

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“This is an automatic pump action gun which is as deadly as AK-47 which has a bullet that can kill several people, unlike AK-47 which can kill just one person. According to the suspects, the gun was purchased for about N700,000.

They even confirmed they registered their organization in Edo State, they have been proscribed and their activities are illegal. We wouldn’t allow this in the State.