Police capture Black Axe cultists over butchering of Delta resident
The police command in Delta says it arrested five suspected cult members over the killing of a young man butchered with a machete.
In a statement on Wednesday, the command spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the arrest followed the circulation of a viral video showing the gruesome murder of a victim in a cult-related killing at Issele-Asaba on October 27.
The police commissioner, Samuel Erale, ordered operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit (SAKU) in Asaba to apprehend the culprits, according to the statement.
Four suspects were arrested on November 3, with further investigation leading to the arrest of one other suspect on November 4.
“Suspected members of the Black Axe confraternity were arrested during a raid on a suspected hideout along Ugbolu–Amachai Road where a pump-action gun, a dagger and illicit substances were recovered,” the police said.
The suspects are Ifechukwudi Okafor, 26; Michael Okoro, 26; Freedom Iloh, 28; Chinasa Akwuo, 29; and Solomon Omefe, 27.
“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other persons implicated in the killing,” the police statement added.
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