Viral video: Police arrest 5 suspects over cult-related homicide in Delta

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit, SAKU, Asaba have arrested 5 suspects over the alleged homicide of a younger man in Issele-Asagba and recovered one pump-action gun, a dagger and suspected illicit substances from the suspects.

The first 4 have been arrested on November 3, 2026, and the fifth on November 4, 2026, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed in an announcement despatched to DAILY POST in Warri.

The police spokesman mentioned,”Following the circulation of a viral video showing the gruesome murder of a young man in a suspected cult-related killing at Issele-Asagba on October 27, 2026, during which the victim was attacked and butchered with a machete, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Samuel E. Erale, directed operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Asaba, to identify and apprehend those responsible.

“Acting on the directive, operatives intensified intelligence-led operations, resulting in the arrest of 5 suspects.”

SP Edafe stated that,”On third November 2026, 4 suspected members of the Black Axe confraternity, recognized as Ifechukwudi Okafor, 26, Michael Okoro, 26, Freedom Iloh, 28, and Chinasa Akwuo, 29, have been arrested throughout a raid on a suspected hideout alongside Ugbolu–Amachai Road.”

According to him,”One pump-action gun, a dagger and suspected illicit substances have been recovered. Further investigation led to the arrest of Infione Solomon Omefe, 27, on November 4, 2026, who confessed to taking part within the homicide captured within the viral video.”

SP Edafe further noted that”efforts are ongoing to apprehend different individuals implicated within the killing.”