Two Allegedly Killed at Auchi Polytechnic Cult Leaders’ Signing-Out Party

Two students were allegedly killed during the signing-out ceremony for Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The event apparently descended into violence.

According to reports, the purpose of the signing-out was to indicate that the students had successfully finished their final exam paper.
According to reports, the killings took place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at a well-known hotel where the party was held, when competing fraternity organizations who were also celebrating got into a fight.

Members of the Black Axe Movement and Eiye, two cult organizations, were reported to have fired multiple bullets into the air during the altercation.

The incident apparently deteriorated after a rival cult member’s Mercedes Benz was hit and damaged by a gun fired into the air.

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Moses Yamu, the Edo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, verified the event and said one person was murdered when reached.

Colleagues of the member whose car was destroyed grew furious, claiming that the shot was intentionally directed at them, according to a witness who only gave his name as Omoruwa.

He claimed that despite the other group’s insistence that there was nobody in the car, the incident resulted in a conflict between Eiye and the Black Axe Movement, or Aye.

It was also discovered that as the altercation grew more heated, one of the members’ colleagues, whose car was damaged, fatally ran over a rival cult member with a car. In the mayhem that followed, another person was apparently shot dead.