From Moshood Olawale Karim
The Edo State Police command has said that it has intensified efforts to curtail and put an end to incessant cult killings in the State.
This is coming after a journalist working with the Independent Television and Radio, Mr Hillary Nosa Odia was gruesomely murdered by unknown gunmen on Christmas eve.
The Polic command said in a statement: “Edo State Police Command wishes to inform the general public, particularly the good people of Edo State that the Command is aware of the Secret Cult fighting and the killings in the state mostly in the Benin metropolis in the recent times that took the lives of innocent citizens particularly that of Mr Hillary Nosa Odia, a staff of Independent Television and Radio, Benin City.
“The Command is sincerely and vigorously fighting this crime and wishes to put it to an end for the state to be peaceful for all. Its efforts in fighting against secret cult members or to stop the killings are shown in the loss of one of its personnel during operation in the Ugbowo axis on the 24th of December, 2023. Nevertheless, a sizeable number of arrests of the secret cult members of various cult groups have been made in different locations in the state and will soon be charged to court for prosecution.
“In view of the above, CP Mohammed Adamu Dankwara, FBDFM, FCIMN, the Commissioner Of Police Edo State, appeals to the good people of Edo State remain calm and go about with their Christmas celebration. He reiterates the command’s commitments and readiness of officers and men to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the citizenry and residents of Edo State during this yuletide period. He, however, solicites the citizens’ participation in giving out information to the Police as modern and civilised Policing entails citizenship and community policing.”
