The Edo State Government on Monday said, no fewer than 150 persons have been lost to cult-related activities and homicide in the last five months in the state.
Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with security chiefs in Edo State, at Government House in Benin City.
Obaseki, however, announced the ban on the activities of Okaigheles (Youth Leaders) in Edo South Senatorial District of the State, as part of a renewed effort to tackle cultism in the State.
While noting that his government has declared a total war against cultism, he added that a special taskforce of the security council headed by the Director of the Department of State Security, DSS, that will from tonight review every cult related incident in the state has been set up.
According to him: “We have just finished the Security Council meeting where we reviewed the security situation in Edo State since January 2024 with particular emphasis on the security activities in Edo in May 2024.
“From the security management report which was considered in our security meeting, we still have a nagging issue in Edo State which is cultism. The incidence of cultism is very high.
