Residents of Makurdi are concerned as cult activities increase grow more intense

Residents of Makurdi, Benue State’s capital, have raised concern about cult-related killings.

Cultist activities in Makurdi’s suburbs, according to several people who spoke to our correspondent, have become a subject of concern.

A witness witnessed the murder of two people in Makurdi’s North Bank area a few days ago stated individuals who lived or traded in the area were terrified.

“Cultist activities have even impeded people from efficiently carrying out their enterprises at the SRS intersection market,” he said.

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“People are reluctant to go to the market because of cultist threats at the junction, and those who do go are extremely vigilant to avoid becoming victims.”

Another witness, who said he was still recovering from the horror of watching people’s lives snuffed out recently, bemoaned the fact that cult activities were common in neighborhoods like Eri Street, SRS, Yogbo, Asase, and Mission Ward.

Similarly, a woman who lives near Makurdi’s Modern Market said locals would run home before dusk every day for fear of being trapped in a web of rival cult conflicts.

“The situation is bad,” she remarked. I’m not allowed to leave my house after 6 p.m. The ‘guys’ are robbing, maiming, and killing people everywhere.”

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When contacted, DSP Catherine Anene, the state’s police spokesman, asked citizens not to be fearful and instead to furnish the authorities with important information about suspicious individuals.

Police raided flash locations in North Bank two days ago, according to DSP Anene, who stressed that the operation was still underway to provide a tranquil atmosphere for residents.