Some sources claim that the d@ath toll is
not less than twenty in the last three days when the crisis erupted.
The latest clash is said to be between the
Supreme Eiye Confraternity (SEC) and Supreme Vikings Confraternity.
Though the cause of the clash is yet
unknown, it was gathered that the issues escalated when some of the people
believed to be leaders of the groups tried to resolve the crisis in a meeting
called at Tipper garage in Idogbo area of Upper Sokponba Road but it didn't
work.
It was further gathered that some alleged
Eiye members attacked the Vikings members and inflicted injuries on them with
knives but no life was lost.
The Vikings went back in their numbers and
k!lled one of the top hierarchy member of eiye that was how the thing escalated
and after that they k!lled another person called oil man also an eiye member
and from there they went two houses away and killed another person so that is
what led to eiye decided to start their retaliation.
"There was a Vikings member that was
was stabbed mercilessly and they thought he was dead but he is the hospital.
The challenge in this s that one of the groups does not accept apology and the
other does not apologise” the source told Vanguard.
Meanwhile a group, Benin United Forum (BUF)
has called on the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II
invoke curses on those involved in cult related killings’ like he did when
human trafficking assumed an embarrassing dimension in the kingdom.
A press statement signed by the President
and Secretary of the group, Iyamu Osaro Culture and Osayuki-Osa Benson “humbly
appealed" to, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolo Kpolo Oba Ewuare II, to direct
our Ohens (Chief Priests) across the length and breadth of Benin Kingdom to
immediately place curses on those who are hiding under Cultism to kill
themselves in some part of Benin City which has consumed the lives of countless
youths especially at Upper Sakponba Axis which is often seen as the center
ground for the barbaric act, followed by Egor/Uwelu, Ugbowo/Uselu, part of GRA.
Another group; The Network of Civil Society
Organisations (NOCSON) has called on the police to lift the ban on vigilante
groups in the state which it said has escalated crime in the state including
the on-going cult killings.
A statement by the president of the
organization, Comrade Ogbidi Emmanuel said the cult clash is largely blamed on
the porous nature of security in the state, following the “needless ban on the
Edo State Joint Security Network earlier trained by the Police.
“The ban, which was pronounced by the
Inspector General of Police Mr Kayode Egbetokun have since brought about great
increase in crime to an alarming rate, especially within the locals.”
The statement called on the police to
investigate the cult related killings and bring perpetrators to book.
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