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Police Arrest Leaders of Two Cult Groups In Ogoni

 


By

Awajis George 

The Rivers State police command has paraded 13 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and murder terrorizing some  areas of Rivers State.

The Commissioner of Police Rivers State, CP Disu Olatunji briefing Newsmen at the command's headquarters in Port Harcourt stated that irrespective of the arrest, investigations are on going to uncover the suspects full scale operations.

''On the day of resumption, I had before me a security deficit in many areas of Rivers State. One of those areas was Khana Local Government, and we immediately deployed tactical units to quell the situation. Gentlemen of the press, after concluding intense surveillance on 15th November, in separate crack operations, men of the Anti-Cultism Unit arrested Baridapdo Igia, 33 years male and Elvis Gordon, 26 years male, two suspected Armed robbers and kidnappers in Kereken-Boue community of Khana Local Government Area.

After a series of interrogations, the duo confessed to being leaders of Iceland and Degbam cult groups in Khana Local Government Area, respectively and have been terrorising Khana Local Government Area for the past three years. These cult groups have been known to have endless clashes in the community. During interrogations, they also admitted to kidnapping and burying alive one Praise Daakian, a former CDC Chairman in Khana Local Government Area. They murdered the victim after collecting the sum of 200,000 naira as part of payment for his ransom from the victim’s wife.

The duo also confessed to the murder of nine other victims from 2021 to 2023 and were the main reason for the partial evacuation of the community within this same period.
Investigations are still ongoing to uncover the full scale of the suspects’ operations''.
         CP Olatunji briefing Newsmen 

He assured the public to be more careful, vigilant and suspect any strange move around them. 

While appreciating the general public for their assistance , CP Olatunji stated that all areas are still under surveillance as the suspects are in police custody and the police are stationed to provide protection to everyone .

Combating crime and criminality in the society is a collective responsibility for all CP Olatunji stated while giving assurance of protecting the residents. 


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