Meanwhile, the Edo State Police Command has paraded 14 suspects arrested for unlawful possession of firearms, cultism, unlawful assembly and public breach of peace.

Parading the suspects, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor said operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit made the arrest of two cultists on April 29, 2023.

He added that on the 28th of April, the Operatives of the Command Intelligence Rapid Response Squad also arrested 12 suspects and they will be charged to court accordingly. 

Super FM reports that some of the suspects denied their involvement in the activities they were arrested for.

One locally made gun, one cut to size double barrel gun, five live cartridges, one pump action gun, and 9 expanded cartridges were recovered from the suspects.