The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 riffle, one pump action gun and three matchetes.
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The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested 15 more suspected cultists terrorising Ifo and its environs.
Eight undergraduates of the Benue State University, Makurdi are alleged to have been killed by suspected cultists in the state.
The cultists, alleged to be on a reprisal, first invaded Okwale Community on Tuesday evening, killing at least four persons and injuring several others.
The accused are Sunday Stephen, 36; Hassan Terrang, 26; Hassan James, 34; Adelaja Ariyo, 48; Anthony Ojukwu, 33; Bitrus Abednego, 22; and Lucky Anzaku, 20.
Twenty-one cult members from Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi, who recently denounced their membership of different cult groups in the area, were on Monday led through spiritual deliverence.
The men had mistaken the victim, Adedeji Femi, for a member of a rival cult.
The suspects are: Nonso Nnaji, Chukwuebuka Okoye, Sunday Ogbodo, Peter Chinedu, Jude Ezeh, Agha Henry, Ndubisi John, Johnson Victor, Ikenna Ejike (aka Gorilla), Fredric Emeje, Michael Omaliko and Emeka Joseph.
In the statement signed by Fayose’s Special Adviser on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayina, security operatives are said to have been put on the red alert to prevent any such gathering in the state, especially in cities with high students population
Gyar, who was represented by Luis John-Ogah, Dean School of General Studies, said that the Polytechnic had zero tolerance for cultism
The Police in Bauchi have advised parents to caution their children on the dangers of accepting “sweets, chocolates and biscuit”…
The grieving widow told the police that she and her husband were living at Ogijo area before, but relocated to Odogunyan due to the cultists’ threat to her husband’s life
Abdulsalam, an auditor by profession, lives at 17, Batula Street, Ebute Meta, while Williams, a marketer, resides at 6, Desalu Street, Abule-Nla Road, Ebute Meta
The security guard, identified as Chief Idowu Akasoro, 53, was killed and his corpse dumped in a canal by the cult members.
The release that was signed by the command’s spokesman, DSP Muhammad Ahmad, said the arrest followed a distress call
No fewer than 30 dare-devil armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists were on Monday charge to court in Delta state. The…
She was later rushed to the hospital, where she is serving, by other corps members who heard her cries for help
The raid, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, Lucky Uyabeme, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, yielded the desired result as 29 of them were arrested
Residents said the shooting started about 7:30pm on Sunday when the cult group, identified as the EFCC/Eiye Confraternity, held a candle light procession in honour of one of their deceased members, simply identified as Old School
It was gathered that in December 2012, like in other areas of Lagos State, residents of Oriokuta held their annual carnival.
It was at the carnival that a young man, identified as Saka Abudua, was killed by suspected cultists