The Command’s Commissioner, CP Steve Yabanet, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Jos, the state capital.
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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.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the command was reacting to a trending social media (Facebook) post, alleging that the personnel was arming a cult group said to be responsible for most of the killings in the state.
Ortom said this while speaking at an inspection tour of some facilities and projects in Makurdi
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, the Divisional Police Officer of Orerokpe Division, SP Ojo Oluwole, had received information that a Toyota Sienna bus, with Reg. No. BWR 301 SU, was under attack by hoodlums armed with AK-47 rifles at Okutolo, Warri-Sapele Road.
The police boss re-echoed the command’s readiness to tackle and decimate criminals in the state while confirming the arrest of 50 suspected armed robbers and cultists at Imota, Igbokuta, Adamo and Emure, all in Ikorodu area of the state during a sting operation.