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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, hes fighting to end it. hes formed what he calls a rainbow coalition, a network of former cultists and professors ...

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. im joining them on an operation to hunt down cultists who re...

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 hes been forgotten, totally. its 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, its like they died in vain. shouting every week across nigeria, more young people are being murdered by cultists. wailing pain of the family goes

Despite his ruthless reputation, kabaka denied hes ever been involved in cult violence himself. 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. kabakas allegations are backed up by secret black axe documents that have been leaked to the bbc.

Mobilise young people, and, for that, theyre promised money and theyre 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. hes also the former president of the neo...

The onyabo say all the suspects were taken to the police station to be charged. the commander invited me to his office. he wanted me to understand why he wants cultists in jail and off the streets. so, some of your people have been killed? the onyabo photograph every cult murder they find. there are hundreds of photos too horrifying to show. i mean, just the expression of... on his face. its... this is stuff of nightmare. the commander says the black axe commit the worst atrocities.

He kept crying. he was delirious, and i followed them and i saw a body lying face down. there was this kind of pool of blood on the floor and i realised that i was actually standing on his blood. cultists shot my friend, dapo, in the chest. the killers have never been caught. the memory of that night still haunts me. even in my 405, i still have nightmares about it. today, the cults are even more powerful and thousands more young people have been murdered. i just want to know who are behind all ...

Before leaving ikorodu, the commander wanted me to meet the family of one of his men. bukolas husband, an 0nyabo officer, was murdered and mutilated by cultists. shes now on her own, caring for his mother and five children. was he a nice dad? can i see his photograph? its been five years since her husband geletis murder. with little income, her family are struggling. she sobs

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. kabakas 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 dont want this information to come out. this evidence has ...