A total of 80 suspected cultists have been arrested in various parts of Anambra state. Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed in a statement, said the arrests were made during raid of various hideouts and blackspots. He said 40 of the suspects were charged,15 suspects were screened and released unconditionally, 5 suspects were placed under
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56 Suspected Cultists Arrested With Human Skulls in Cross River
Cross River State Police Command have arrested 59 persons suspected to be cult members of the Vikings and Nnabor confraternity. Fifty – one suspects , who were intercepted at the 8 Miles area of Calabar on their way to Akwa Ibom State , were paraded on Wednesday by the Cross River State Commissioner of Police
Read moreSuspected cultist’s stray bullet kills 4-month old baby in Anambra
A 4-month old baby boy reportedly lost his life inside a Keke in Amaenyi, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state. The deceased was said to be in the warm palms of the mother when he died from the strayed bullet of a suspected cultist. The mother of the baby, a resident of Nkwelle
Read moreTwo suspected cultists arrested while on revenge mission in Imo, recovers gun
The Imo state police command Tuesday paraded at the command headquarters in Owerri, two suspected cultists Chijioke Onyeahialam, 25-year-old man and Johnbosco Ihekoronye, male, 27-year-old, said to be planning a revenge attack on their rivals. The police through the State Police Public Relations Officers, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the suspects were arrested by the Divisional
Read morePolice parade 103 suspected cultists in Anambra
A total of 103 suspected cultists have bee arrested the Anambra State Police command in its avowed fight against Cultists in the state. Parading the suspects in Awka, spokesman of the Command, Haruna Mohammed said the command also recovered fireams and other incriminating items like hard drugs from the suspects. He said, “The command in
Read moreTension in Anambra community as two students die in cult shooting spree
There is palpable anxiety in Oko community, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state following the death of two persons in a shooting spree by rivalry cult groups in the area. The deceased, suspected to be cultists were reportedly gunned down by the rampaging cultists said to be on a reprisal attack. A resident who
Read more185 suspected Cultists arrested, arms recovered as Police raid Ikorodu
The Lagos State Police command has arrested no fewer than one hundred and eighty-five persons suspected to be cultists whose activities have been creating panic and threatening the safety of residents of the Ikorodu area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects
Read morePolice nab dozens of cultists, recover firearms, dangerous weapons
Over a dozen persons suspected to be cultists have been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command during a recent raid in different hides outs and locations within the state in a bid to fight nefarious activities in the state. The DAILY VENDOR reports that different assorted weapons ranging from guns, live cartridge, axes, daggers,
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