Commissioner of Police in the state, Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Jos.
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The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
The operatives also recovered a cut-size double barrel gun, one tricycle without a reg number, and some hard drugs.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP John Timfon, made this known in a statement released on Monday.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Steve Yabanet, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Jos, the state capital.
The Eagle Online learnt that both policemen were part of raider teams chasing after some suspected cultists.
Police in the state confirmed the incident on Friday, saying an investigation to unravel the masterminds was on.
Police paraded five suspected vandals of the newly-constructed Second Niger Bridge before newsmen on Monday in Amawbia, near Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The Police Command in Ogun said it had arrested 19 suspected cultists during its successful tactical operation.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Monday, directed security agencies in the state to rid Sagamu and its environs of cultists and cult-related activities.
The Ogun Police Command Friday, said it had arrested two suspected cultists in the process of trying to cause disturbance at Fadahunsi, Agbado area of the state.
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects who are alleged to be members of Eiye Confraternity.
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Aderemi Adeoye, has warned cultists in the state to desist from their activities or face the consequences.
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultists, who allegedly attacked a Chief Superintendent of Police in the state, Awoniyi Adekunle Isaac, who is a Divisional Police Officer, Agbado, along with some of his men.
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested some suspected cultists, among them are named Agbara (Power) and Irawo (Destiny), and firearms recovered from them.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspected cultists, Abass Oluwatosin, Babatunde Daniel, and Fagboun Idris, and recovered three locally made guns.
Three suspects, who allegedly murdered an Inspector of Police, Sunday Apochi, attached to Zone 2 Headquarters Onikan, Lagos State, were among 39 suspects paraded by the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Idowu Owohunwa, on Friday.
One person, identified as Igwe Omeli, has been shot dead during a clash between rival cult groups at the popular Eke Awka market in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
This is contained in a statement by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, made available to NAN in Benin.
Other suspected crimes included robbery, unlawful possession of guns and cultism. The Command also confirmed that over 100 suspected cultists have been arrested by its operatives.