Nigerian Policemen

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 is said to be on the police “wanted list”, allegedly belongs 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 the attack on one Cyril at the Uwelu Market area, in Benin City, during which the victim was beheaded, but escaped from Benin and took cover 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.

Meanwhile, an expanded investigation by the police reportedly fingered the suspect as the alleged killer of Cyril at Uwelu.

Edebor who confessed to the crime, said he took part in Cyril’s death to avenge the death of his member he simply identified as Lagbaja.

“I was arrested in Auchi where I was doing yahoo yahoo after a disagreement over the sharing of the proceeds.

“Someone withheld our ₦6 million share 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 has helped to tame the cultism menace in the State.