26th November, 2024
By Jethro Ibileke
The Edo State Police Command has disclosed how a 32-year-old notorious cult leader, Osakpolor Edebor, was arrested.
The suspect who said said to have been on the police “wanted list,” allegedly belong to a gang of gunmen masquerading as secret cult members in the State.
He was finally arrested in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the State.
Edebor was said to have led an attack on one Cyril at Uwelu Market area, in Benin City, during which the victim was beheaded. But he escaped from Benin and hid in Auchi.
It was gathered that while in Auchi, Edebor allegedly joined a gang of internet fraudsters at a “yahoo yahoo academy”.
Following the gang’s fraudulent activities in Auchi, the police were said to have raided the academy and arrested Edebor.
He was thereafter transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), at the Command’s headquarters in Benin, for further investigation.
Edebor confessed to taking part in Cyril’s death to avenge the death of his member he simply identified as Lagbaja.
“I was arrested in Auchi were I was doing yahoo yahoo after disagreement over the sharing of the proceeds.
“Someone withheld our ₦6 million shared after he had taken his own share of the proceeds.
“So, I and others violently stormed his house in a bid to recover the money. People then called the police and we were 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.”
It would be recalled that the ongoing bloody clashes between rival confraternity groups in the State have left dozens dead.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umoru Ozigi said other gang members now at large, have been identified.
Ozigi stated that those at large would be arrested soon. He commended residents for volunteering information that helped to tame cultism menace in the State.
