distorted voice: i came into possession of a large| amount of criminal evidence, the activities of the black axe. politics is really rotten in nigeria. there are members within the government today and they don t want this information to come out. this evidence has been hacked by an anti fraud investigator, known as uche tobias. we ve hidden his identity to keep him safe. he s targeted the email accounts of high ranking members of the nbm, revealing the intersection between the black axe, politics and crime. distorted voice: the neo-black movement as an organisation - isjust a charade. the endgame of the organisation is to subvert the opinion of the public into believing that they re legitimate, when, in fact, the opposite is true. it s a big smokescreen for what they really are, which is a mafia. uche s obtained potentially explosive evidence, thousands of emails exposing the long history of axemen infiltrating politics in benin. a hacked emailfrom 2012 suggests politicians funnelled
mansion. inside, kabaka was keen to show me how connected he is with the political elite. governor adams 0shiomhole recognised kabaka s street popularity and made him an asset. at one point, kabaka commanded over 7,000 tax collectors, gathering billions in revenue for the governor. come. politics has lifted kabaka from cultist enforcer to multimillionaire. in nigeria, this is the dream for many young axemen.
mobilise young people, and, for that, they re promised money and they re promised roles within government. so, when elections come around, you just have more and more cultists getting into positions of power through this nepotism and corruption. but politics is not only funding cultism. the evidence suggests a politician was once the head of the black axe. his name is augustus bemigho, a member of the ruling apc party in nigeria, who ran for office in 2019. he s also the former president of the neo black movement of africa. during that time, hacked emails suggest he orchestrated millions of dollars of internet fraud. distorted voice: augustus bemigho was a very typical member of the black axe. he was an advance fee fraudster, stealing money off people, laundering money. he was providing victims with evidence of being a businessman and people were falling for it. he s the head of a criminal organisation. that is a scandal that the head of a criminal organisation can run for politics
fraudster, stealing money off people, laundering money. he was providing victims with evidence of being a businessman and people were falling for it. he s the head of a criminal organisation. that is a scandal that the head of a criminal organisation can run for politics. we sent our allegations to bemigho and he never responded. axemen don t want this information getting out. uche claims they are desperate to kill him. distorted voice: in one year, i received 200, - 300 death threats. these people are capable of the most horrific crimes. i knew that investigating the nbm was a dangerous business, but myjourney was nearly over and i needed a nswe i’s. after weeks of negotiation, the president of the neo black movement agreed to meet me. i had to ask him, face to face, if the nbm is the real power behind the black axe.
he claims the nbm are trying to end the killings. he says the people with the power to stop the killings are the cultists in government. kabaka s allegations are backed up by secret black axe documents that have been leaked to the bbc. olsrormzo vows: | came - into possession of a large amount of criminal evidence, the activities of the black axe. politics is really rotten in nigeria. there are members within the government today and they don t want this information to come out. this evidence has been hacked