A bricklayer in Edo state has lost his life in a most inexplicable circumstance after he was butchered to death by deadly cultists.
It was all drama recently as suspected cultists on Tuesday night, claimed the life of a middle-aged bricklayer identified as Odion Egbegbe in Ose quarters, Ogida, Benin City, Edo State, causing pandemonium in the area.
The Nation reports that Egbegbe’s killing brought to two the number of people killed in the renewed cult war in the city. According to the Divisional Police Officer in the area, Mr. Lawrence Adejo, who confirmed the killing, said a barber simply identified as Bright was also killed two weeks ago in the area.
Like Egbegbe, who was dragged out of his apartment, shot and beheaded, Bright was also pulled out of his shop located opposite Ogida police barracks and shot dead. The DPO said the cult war is between the Eiye and Aye confraternities in the area.
