Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have confirmed that the gruesome killing of the leader of the notorious cult group, the Bobos, Olotu Wanemi Omubo, was carried out by some members of the group in a desperate bid to change its leadership.
Olotu Wanemi Omubo, an indigene of Nembe in Nembe local government area of the state, who was also a beneficiary of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and a leader of the Phase 2 Amnesty beneficiaries in the state, was killed on April 24, 2025, along Good News street in Azikoro town in the state capital.
While many residents believed his death was a result of the raging cult rivalry between the Bobos and the Vikings, others believed the killers may have been external machineries brought to kill him in retaliation for other killings.
However, the state commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Izu, at a media briefing yesterday, said the killing of Olotu Wanemi Omubo, was carried out by members of the Bobos group in an intra cult war with the aim of profiting from a new leadership.
The Bayelsa CP, while assuring the residents of the end of the cult killings in the state, said despite the fact that late Olotu Wanemi Omubo was a notorious cultist who had a record of crimes, he was killed by his gang members.
He said, “95 per cent of intelligence available to the police showed that he died due to intra cult rivalry about leadership struggle. They took him out and make it look like inter cult rivalry in order to profit from his death.
“It is on good authority that the deceased has been involved in nefarious activities. The last altercation with the police was over the issue of illegal gun possession. He was controversially let off the hook, and that is why I have always said that when you influence the release of a criminal off the hook,you are building a disastrous effect.”
The Police Commissioner also announced the arrest of over nine person for various crimes including cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and murder.
In one of the cases, a 50-year-old native of Gombe State, Mohammed Adamu, was arrested alongside Adiamakubo Orubo, 37 years, over the alleged disappearance of one Ashiru Ishiaku, 26 years, a native of Kano State, along with his tricycle on the 29th of April, 2025.
Also arrested was a member of the notorious Icelander cult group, David Ngo, 36 years old, native of Brass local government area over the alleged stabbing to death of one Goodwill Ovuru at Agudama Ekpetiama on the 16th of April, 2025.
At Onopa community in Yenagoa local government, one Monday Daniel, 28 years, was arrested by the police for the alleged armed robbery attack on Amarachi Emeachi at her residence around Revenue House Onopa, “a group of four men armed with guns disposed her of her Redmi phone valued at N180,000”.
“On the 4th of May, 2025, one Endurance Odambe Chinedu, 24 years, from Ndokwe-East of Delta State was arrested at Agbia community in Yenagoa at 1pm with ten live cartridges. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of the Black Axe confraternity also known as Aye cult group. During the execution of a search warrant, a battle axe, a black beret bearing the cult group insignia and a crusher were recovered in his house”, CP Idu stated.
