a criminal organisation and part of the black axe. in nigeria, no action on this scale has been taken. black axe feel untouchable. when we asked the government in benin city for an interview on cultism, they refused to talk. nobody in power here is taking responsibility for this tragedy. at the university of benin, i met dr stone for the last time. after a lifetime of cult violence, he s fighting to end it. he s formed what he calls a rainbow coalition, a network of former cultists and professors who are trying to prevent killings.
joining after people close to them were murdered by cultists. for some, the past was too painful to talk about. what they told me next was even more disturbing. they claim they are funded and protected by politicians.
cultist gangs murdered more than 50 people here. a turf war is raging between the black axe the people of ikorodu are frightened and angry, but now they are fighting back. vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands. suspected cultists have been brutally beaten and even killed when caught. the most powerful vigilante group is the 0nyabo. it means we come in force . in ikorodu, they say these are the only men that cultists fear. i m joining them on an operation to hunt down cultists who recently attacked
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it just. .. it hurts. this is the final resting place for somebody who had aspirations, who had dreams. not even a photo of dapo survives. it feels like he s been forgotten, totally. it s like. no memories of him. like he was never here. thousands and thousands of young men have died like this in the last four decades. and just nobody remembering them, it s like they died in vain. shouting every week across nigeria, more young people are being murdered by cultists. wailing pain of the family goes