7/7 Celebration: Police Parade 50 Suspected Cultists

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested about 50 suspected cultists linked to the outlawed Black Axe confraternity, also known as Aye.

AllNews recalls that the police had earlier warned cult group not to unleash terror in the state in commemoration of the said 7/7, which was slated for last Tuesday.

To forestall breakdown of law and order, police said they swung into action and got the suspected cultists arrested.

The suspects were paraded at the Ogun State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta on Thursday.

Briefing journalists at the Command’s headquarters in Abeokuta, Police said they were apprehended while planning to unleash terror in the state, by attacking unsuspecting members of the public to mark their yearly 7/7 anniversary.

Some of the suspects are also members of the Eiye confraternities, AllNews understands.

History Of Black Axe Cult Group 

The Black Axe, which is also known as the Neo Black Movement, originated at the University of Benin in the late 1970s and can be found at the University of Calabar and other campuses with the motto, "Aye Axemen". 

Inspired by America’s Black Panther Party, the N.B.M. with its logo, axe smashing the shackles of a slave. 

Founded on July 7, 1977, by nine students at the University of Benin, on the edge of the oil-­rich Niger Delta, they pledged to rid Africa of racism and oppression.