A suspect, Ifeanyi Obed (41), has denied involvement in the killing of a student of the University of Benin (Uniben), Kelvin Erhahon Agboma, in a cult fight in Edo State.
Obed was paraded by the Edo State Police Command alongside other suspects arrested for various crimes in the state.
Speaking with journalists, Obed said though he was a member of the Aiye cult group he didn’t know anything about the killing of the Uniben student.
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He said, “I am not a Uniben student, I only work as a community boy in Isior community.
“I was arrested in a place where I went to meet a friend who was drinking and the police took me to the Ugbowo Division and from there to the state command.
“I am a member of the Aiye confraternity, but about the killing of the Uniben student, I don’t know anything about it.”
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