We’ll deal with cult members planning war in Edo community, says police

The Edo State Police Command on Sunday said the Commissioner of Police in charge of the state, Mohammed Dankwara, had received intelligence reports that some members of secret cults would soon resume supremacy battle in the Ekosodin area.

In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officers, Chidi Nwabuzor, the CP warned those planning the ‘battle’ to steer clear of the area and indeed the state.

The statement said the police would deal with anybody that threatened the security of the state.

It reads in part, “The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Police Command, Mohammed Dankwara, has warned that the Command will deal decisively with anyone or a group of persons who threatened the peace, safety, and security of the State or trying to test the will of the command.

“The CP issued this warning today, Sunday 4th of December, 2022, at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters, Benin City following intelligence reports, that some miscreants and secret cult boys are planning and threatening to cause mayhem in Ekosodin Community and environs of Benin, Edo State.

“The CP has called on parents and guardians to appeal to their children and wards to abstain from engaging in act  that would bring them in conflict with the law enforcement institutions as the command will not hesitate to enforce the law, no matter whose ox is gored.”