Four persons have been killed in cult-related incidents at the weekend in Edo State.
A retired staff member of an oil company was trailed by gunmen on Wire Road to Siluko, Benin City and shot in the presence of his family. His son was hit in the process.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe, confirmed the incident but dismissed speculations that the killing was cult-related. He maintained that it could be an assassination.
He said that the son of the deceased, who was hit, was responding to treatment while the wife was unhurt.
The police have also confirmed the death of three persons, killed in two separate incidents.
In first incident, stray bullet killed a woman when suspected cultists attacked a police station at Ibillo, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council.
They were said to have successfully freed two of their colleagues who were detained over alleged rape.
The attackers were said to have gained access to the police station by posing as relatives of the arrested suspects and then started shooting sporadically.
Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu confirmed the incident, adding that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.
He also disclosed that more men have been deployed to the affected police station to ensure such incident does not occur again.
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