(http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/UNIBEN.jpg)The police in Edo State say they have put measures in place to stem the cult war between Eiye Confraternity and Black Axe Confraternity in Benin City which has claimed two lives. (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/UNIBEN.jpg) (http://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/UNIBEN.jpg) The Edo State Police Commissioner told Channels Television's correspondent that the police were collaborating with the Management of the University of Benin to curb the menace in and around the campus. Last Friday a student of the university was shot during day time and in the midst of about a thousand students while trying to take part in the school biometric registration. Though he survived the attack and is currently being treated in an undisclosed hospital, his attack brought to the fore what is now known to be a cult war between the two confraternities in Benin City. Such cult-styled attack was witnessed at Osasogie environs, a student settlement beside the university, and another at the very heart of the New Benin Market where another youth was killed. This brazen day-time attack which has heightened the security situation in the school and the fear it has created, is further fuelled by rumours of killings ranging from five to 20 as reported by a national daily. The Edo State Commissioner of Police who did not confirm the casualty figure, however, said they were grossly exaggerated, adding that the security agents were collaborating with the school to bring the situation under control. While some of the students saw no reason to fear as they presumed cultist only attacked opposing cult members, others said they had become very cautious of their movement. The Public Relations Officer of the University of Benin, Harris Osarenren, said the institution had set up a committee for renunciation of secret cult membership and had also increased armed patrols in and around the institution to assure the students of their continued safety. He, however, appealed to parents to give their children proper upbringing so they can desist from joining secret cults.
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