SAA
SAA event in Delta, Ekraka area, Nigeria on Sat 20th December 2025
20th December 2025
On 20 December 2025, police engaged in a firefight with suspected members of the Aiye confraternity, also known as Black Axe, during a raid on the cult's enclave in a forest in the Ekraka community (Ethiope East, Delta). The group was conducting an initiation ceremony when police invaded their gathering. Police arrested 13 members of the group and recovered two pump-action guns, a double-barreled cut-to-size gun, a single-barreled cut-to-size gun, a battle axe, cult aprons bearing the 'NBM' insignia, razor blades cut into pieces, charms, suspected hard drugs, and mobile phones. There were no casualties.
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Nigeria (NGA)
Delta ( Ekraka area )
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