Emmanuel,
a 25 year-old Nigerian living in Palermo, Italy claims his face was
scarred with a machete by members of the feared Nigerian clan, Black Axe.
Austin Ewosa,32, the head of the Nigerian Black Axe in Italy, a
criminal organisation born as a sort of student fraternity in the 1970s
at the University of Benin City, was among the three Nigerians sentenced to prison on Friday, July 22.
His street name is John Bull and he was
arrested in September 2014, in a local bar in Ballarò. He was accused
of assault, intimidation, criminal association, attempted murder and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Prosecutors in the Sicilian capital of Palermo have revealed a new
alliance between Italian mafia and Nigerian criminal gangs moving in from
Libya.
"Even the Sicilian mafia has to deal with the wave of migration from
Africa," said Leonardo Agueci, Palermo’s deputy chief prosecutor. "The
neighbourhoods under mafia control have changed profoundly in recent
years due to the growing presence of foreigners, especially Nigerians
coming on boats. Among them, there are a small number] of people who
want to transfer their illegal trafficking, linked to prostitution and
drug dealing, to Sicily. And the mafia was quite happy to integrate them
into their criminal business."
On the night of 27 January 2014, Ewosa and his thugs allegedly
dragged a 27-year-old man called Don Emeka down Via del Bosco, not far
from Piazza Ballarò, where they brutally disfigured him with axe and
machete blows. Emeka, like Emmanuel was one of dozens of Ewosa’s victims and
was punished for not having submitted.
According to the prosecutors, some of the Black Axe members, including
Ewosa, and also his victims, arrived in Sicily by boat. Most of them
were temporarily hosted in the immigration camp at Caltanissetta, in the
centre of the island.
Legal and well established Nigerians in Sicily are paying the price for
this new criminal alliance between the gangs and the mafia.
"Many honest
Nigerians live in Palermo," says Osas Egbon, 35, vice-president of
Women of Benin City, an association that tries to take Nigerian
prostitutes off the streets. "They work hard and live in fear. These
families are victims on two fronts. They are victims of both Sicilian
and Nigerian criminality."
Photo credit: Francesco Bellina. Additional report from The Guardian UK

52 comments:
Egwu egede egwu ndi mmuo !!!
Black axe ke..some people no get work shaa. Get your today and tomorrow's unique soccer prediction tips.. visit www.fortunatusblog.com
ARE THEY THERE TOO!
AUNTY LINDA 👩
My grandmother will call it Aba adighi nma, Owerri a dighi nma. Not good at home, not good abroad.
Offside: The deadliest sickness is called idiosyncrasy. Check the meaning.
Thank God he is alive
Nawa o. Black axe
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Imagine is no longer white now na black against black or should i say Nigeria against Nigeria
IS IT WHAT UNA PARENTS SELL UNA LAND TO SEND UNA TO OVERSEA TO DO HUH,TO GO AN FORM A USELESS ORGANIZATION?
YORUBA HAS GIVING NIGERIA BAD NAME SINCE 1900
#sad indeed
Imagine ooo is no longer white now na black against black or should i say Nigerian against Nigerian?
IS IT WHAT UNA PARENTS SELL UNA LAND TO SEND UNA TO OVERSEA TO DO HUH,TO GO AN FORM A USELESS ORGANIZATION?
YORUBAs HAS GIVING NIGERIA BAD NAME SINCE 1900
#sad indeed
Nawaaoo! Mark of the beast abi na akara nke obe I go call dis one? MBA Yoruba tribal mark is better.
What else do you expect from Axe Men? Dirty Stinking HLs with razz orientation.
Madness at the highest order. This is how Nigerians mess up their names and loose their grounds at all embassies in the world. Nigeria doesn't have a good name anywhere around the world,no good image. May God help us.
Good to know dat some of dem are already behind bars. Linda take note!
he must have fucked up to get mended.. him no Know say NBM na worldwide?? Dodorima to all Africans abeg...
Oh oh!!
Old news auntie Linda
He looks like my ex bae!mtchewwwww!
says, Genevieve.
We're is Adams the stupid gov of Edo state
When GMB was talking about naija image and criminality ben bruce was leading a campaign against him,i hope he will now protest at Italian embassy for such nonsense Nigerians are doing in there country
if you say you won't sit down in your father's house this is what your eye will keep seeing
Dirty axe man like you wey no no book...axe men are failures in school and life
Ur father.foolish sailor when nor get o.t. small minded piglet.
Bastard HLs
Evil Communication corrupts good manners.
Chooi too bad
So people should sit down in their father's house and do babi nla like your indolent kinsmen?
Person go carry him stupidity enter another man country go dey moimoi himself! Fools!
Na me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
Aye Axemen Dodorima fro my men @ITALIAN Zone when you fuck with an Axeman be ready to face the retaliation of an Axeman remember we dont forgive,forgiveness is a sin
Lol. Egede Ara
It's a pity, the evil that men do lives with them!
Dodorima my brothers
Black axe in Italy? Nawa oooo... And they are hunting and hurting their Nigerian brothers... Shame on them
....... Liber maniac.....
Good for him
Haha clown
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
ayes na stinking omila texted HLS...fucking up any where they are ..
Hmmmmmmmmm
Lib addict#just passing#
Awumen for u citizen, stinking HL,
Big failures and dirty set of folks
You that is against Black Axe be warn. I see everything to be ostensibly, superficially and seemingly. Go to the down root of what caused the problem before you start running into conclusion dem muda fuck. .kers.
You that is against Black Axe be warn. I see everything to be ostensibly, superficially and seemingly. Go to the down root of what caused the problem before you start running into conclusion dem muda fuck. .kers.
Infact failure is an understatement.....they re CURSED!!! And it precedes them wherever they go....u live nigeria tru the desert to go and work only for u to be forming axeman....after 12yrs for prison na deportation to ikeja bustop moron!!!!
Epele ooo, ore mi
lol.... OBONTE like him. you no knw say NBM no be butscout ehn....
putting your mouth in wetin no concern you, NBM is worldwide better check calender! All these 17 commenting trash, you dont fuck wtth Wise!
Fucking bucket! Na why una dey always sort men. Una no reach
Joy, watch ur tongue... no fuck with AYEs if u love ur family...
Na ogun go kill you. Make thunder fire your mouth
Idiot
@Joy mind your business before Black Axe will change your name from joy to Sadness Axemen are all over the world like I said earlier forgiveness is a Sin mind your business and pursue your dream before axemen will cut your dream short.
Proper NBM orientation doesn't support violence. As an old lord in the movement, I believe in NBM proper proper because for UHURU, those that plays NBM by what is proper,KF go bless them.#dodos
Anon 8:05pm you are a FOOL. Keep on threatening people on a peaceful forum. Hell fire is real. Go and ask your stupid brothers that have killed and now burning in hell. A low life like you comes here to threaten people with death? May God have mercy on your soul; you need prayers.
@Axemen & Chevron Gas and oil obviously the same person. Since forgiveness is a sin. You shall beg for it and it will not come for you.
Some people no wan grow up..
Nice one Anon 12:54am
You are a true LORD
Bur how many of your brothers embibe this orientation?
Lets all try to move on in life as there is so much beyond this life.
God help us
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