Former Gov Oshiomhole And Edo Lawmaker Indicted In BBC’s Black Axe Investigation

Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, and Professor Julius Ihonubere, a House of Representatives member representing Owan Federal Constituency, have been indicted in the recently-published investigative report, in which BBC uncovered the activities of Black Axe and other cult groups in Nigeria.

In the report, Tony Kabaka, a notorious youth leader for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin, Edo, whose affluence among cult groups in the state is known to all, expressed pride during an interview with the medium, where he said he knows people in government that have same affluence as him, and more, in cult groups.

While maintaining that he can identify cultists who are in power, Kabaka showed BBC that amongst the politicians he has met in his exploit, were Oshiomhole and Ihonubere.

Having confirmed that politicians use him and his cultists’ network during elections, Kabaka stated: “I can make a call and in the next hour, here will be filled up with people of different colours.“

Noting that his involvement in politics has made him enemies, Kabaka said after his political overlords were voted out of office, his home was riddled with bullets.

Referring to his multi-million naira mansion, Kabaka said Oshiomhole supported him with it during his days as Edo governor.

“When I was a revenue collector was when I had this. So, Oshiomole did it for me, I was nothing before,” he added.

As revealed in the report, thousands of documents allegedly hacked from senior Black Axe members, revealed that a 2019 APC Party candidate for political office, Augustus Bemigho, was at one point a leader of the Black Axe fraternity and that he had been involved in internet scams, defrauding people in the United Kingdom (UK), and United States (US), of millions of dollars.

Other documents that were seen by the BBC suggest N35 million was funnelled to Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM), an organisation from which Black Axe emanated.

The N35 million, according to BBC, was funnelled to “protect votes” and secure victory during governorship elections in Edo State in 2012.

As compensation for its efforts, the documents suggest that the NBM was given 80 roles in government in exchange.

from newsrand