The spokesperson of the Command and a Superintendent of Police, Grace Iringe-Koko, made this known on Sunday.
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The statement, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene, in Makurdi, disclosed that other items recovered during the arrest included P-cap bag and red berets.
Ten of the suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants at Ogunmuyiwa Street, Itire based on credible information about their activities.
The Lagos State Police Command arrested no less than 800 suspected cult members last year who were also and charged to court.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Imohimi Edgal, said the suspects were arrested while celebrating 7/7 under the guise that they were having a birthday party, at different locations in Ikorodu and Ogombo areas, suburbs of Lagos.
Samuel Okasanmi the spokesperson of the state Police command, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in llorin.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the cult member who was on Police wanted list for various crimes including kidnapping, sea robbery, armed robbery and acts of pipeline vandalism was being temporarily detained at the Oproma Division when his gang members struck to free him.
They are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful killing and belonging to an unlawful society
Parading the suspects before journalists at the state Police Command, Ikeja, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, said the suspects were arrested when his men got a distress call about the activities of the cult members who had gathered at a hotel in Ajah
The accused, who reside at Bariga, Lagos, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder