The Edo State Police Command has announced that the arrest of no fewer than 28 persons suspected to be involved in cult-related activities across the state.
Contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, on Friday, he disclosed that the arrests were made during a raid on criminal hideouts while the command has commenced house-to-house arrest of cultists identified.
He disclosed that the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika confidently stated that the public, under the command, would feel more secure.
Further in the statement, Yamu disclosed that 19 out of the 28 suspects were already charged to court as they were implicated while three who confessed membership of cult groups were arraigned.
The statement reads, “The Edo State Command has sustained its fight against crime through visibility policing, community engagements and sustained raids of criminal hideouts in the State.
“On 4/6/2025 between 16:00 hours and 22:00 hours, operatives of the Command carried out raids of criminal hideouts within Benin-City.
“During the raids, twenty-eight (28) persons were arrested and professionally screened where nineteen (19) of them found implicated, were charged to court.
“In continuation of its fight against cultism, the command has commenced the house-to-house arrests of identified cult members in the state to ensure that cultism is either eliminated or brought to its barest minimum.
“Three suspects who were arrested from various locations have confessed to being members of the Eiye and Aye confraternities respectively. They have been arraigned before the court accordingly.”
He further warned known cultists to either renounce cultism, leave the state, or face the full consequences of the law under the Edo State Secret Cult and Other Related Activities Prohibition Law.
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