Edo CP denies authorizing arrest of chief priest

The Edo state commissioner of police Mohammed Dan Mallam says the command never authorized the arrest of the chief priest of Okhuaihe shrine Osarodion Usuanlele, the Ohen Nu Koni Evbuekoi of Benin kingdom.

Dan Mallam made the clarification in a chat with newsmen in Benin.

Reports say the priest was arrested and detained in Benin by operatives of the police anti-cultism unit following a petition by a member of the banned community development association.

The detention of the priest is viewed as a taboo in the kingdom.