Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects who are alleged to be members of Eiye Confraternity.
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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.
Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Awka.
The new law stipulates a 21-year imprisonment for anyone found guilty of engaging in cult activities.
This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo and made available to newsmen on Friday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command on Wednesday.
The spokesman of the Command, Haruna Mohammed, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
The Police boss has thus given the marching order to Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Operational and Tactical Units in Lagos State to begin the arrest and prosecution of offenders.