Seven ( 7) Cult Members Arrested in Edo During Initiation
News says a total of seven Cult Members Arrested in Edo. A total of seven members of the Black Axe cult group have been arrested at Emuyi community, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State during an initiation process to welcome new members.
According to Vanguard, members of the military, police and civilian anti-cult group worked together to ensure the arrest of the suspects during the initiation.
The newspaper also reports that the cult members started shooting their guns when they became aware of the imminent arrest in order to push for an escape.
While seven of their members were arrested, many others managed to escape leaving behind their charms, regalia, initiation concoction, cut-to-size guns among others.
Recently in Bayelsa, three men were said to be beheaded by an unknown group of assailants in their apartment onValentines’ Day leaving their neighbours devastated.Cultism has been one of the major social vices in this part of the country, as young pupils are even seen to patronise it, resulting to rampant deaths when these cult groups clash in their supremacy battle.
CULTISM DEFINITION
2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual.a. A religion or religious sectgenerally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in anunconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismaticleader.
b. The followers of such a religion or sect.
3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony andritual.
4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to haveexclusive or exceptional power in curinga particular disease.
a. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person,principle, or thing.
b. The object of such devotion.
5. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic orintellectual interest.
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