Man Strangles Wife To Death In Benin

The police in Edo State arrested one Apalobi Daniel from Powerline, Ugbiyokho, Benin City, who allegedly strangled his wife to death during an argument. The suspect is expected to be charged in court soon.
In another development, Edo State Police Command has paraded three suspected cultists in Benin City alleged to be members of the Maphite confraternity.
A statement by the media aide to Edo State Governor, Crusoe Osagie, on Friday, said the police commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, paraded the suspects identified as Eyefia Godbless (30), Imuetiyan Ewemade (30), and Emeka Okpaja (22).
They were reportedly apprehended at Ubiaza Community, Off Sapele Road in Benin City, where they were allegedly planning to avenge the killing of a fellow member.
“We have the full backing of the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun on the fight against cultism and we are not joking with it,” Adegboye was quoted in the statement.
He added that Governor Godwin Obaseki and his executive team were also supporting the initiative to rid the state of cultism and criminality.
The police recovered several items from the suspects, including an automatic pump action gun, 11 live carriages, three green berets and a Maphite constitution.
According to the Commissioner, the suspects made confessional statements affirming their membership of the cult group.
Adegboye emphasized the dangerous nature of the weapons seized, stating, “This is an automatic pump action gun which is as deadly as AK 47 which has a bullet that can kill several people, unlike AK-47 which can kill just one person. According to the suspects, the gun was purchased for about N700,000.”
The Commissioner used the opportunity to appeal to the youth, urging them to gainfully engage themselves in profitable and positive activities adding that crime, cultism, and internet fraud do not pay.
In addition to the three cultists, the police reported other recent arrests. These include five suspects apprehended at a cultists’ hideout along Siluko road, where two pump action guns, two locally made single barrel guns, and 20 live cartridges were recovered.
In a separate incident, one Osayande Tony was arrested with a pump action gun and two cartridges while driving a Mercedes Benz C300 Saloon car.