Nigeria: Cult Clashes Claim 5 Lives in Benin

12 May 2008

Lagos — MORE than ten persons have been reportedly killed in Benin, in the last one week, following a renewed cult clash between rival cult groups from different higher institutions in the state.

Vanguard learnt that the war is between the Eiye and the Black Axe Confraternities. It was said that the crisis started one week ago when a leader of one of the rival cult members was murdered around Ekenwa road.

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