The Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria has set up a committee to investigate activities of 12 students suspected to be members of a cult gang. The suspected cultists were arrested and handed over to the police for further investigation. Dr Suleiman Balarabe, the institution’s Provost, disclosed this...
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The Police Command in Plateau have arrested 66 suspected members of Sara-Suka, a cult group operating within Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Steve Yabanet, disclosed this on Friday in Jos. He said that the suspects were apprehended...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered firearms in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Hassan, the arrest is a major blow...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command have seized Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms and ammunition from suspected cultists in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, revealed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. She said that the command’s C4i Strike...
The Police Command in Rivers has recovered the remains of the former Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim, who was killed by cultists. Angbashim was reportedly murdered by infamous Iceland cult leader, Gift Okpara, alias 2Baba. The police later gunned down the criminal mastermind two years...
Operatives of the Police Command in Edo have arrested 22 suspected cultists in the state. The suspects were reportedly arrested in a hotel in Benin where they were holding a meeting, ahead of an attack on some members of a rival group. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of three persons in the correctional centre over alleged killing of one Titus Elaigwu at the wake of a deceased. The court, which lacks jurisdiction to hear a case of murder , did not take the pleas...
The Police Command in Lagos State says its operatives have arrested three suspected cultists in Ishashi area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN reports that the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, had...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, said that seven high ranking cultists have been arrested in Ikorodu area of the state in the last five days. Fayoade confirmed the arrest during his interaction with the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) at the state’s...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Police Command has said it is aware of the recent surge in secret cult fighting and the killings in Benin, which have claimed the lives of innocent citizens, particularly that of Mr Hillary Nosa Odia, a staff member of Independent Television...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Nigeria Police Force have arrested eight suspected cult members in Ilesa Town of Osun State. The State Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
Auchi Polytechnic in Edo has granted amnesty to four repentant cultists.aucji Dr Salisu Umar, the Rector of the polytechnic made this known on Wednesday, while addressing the repentant cult members. Umar urged the students of the institution to renounce their membership in cults. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have beheaded Bako Angbashim, the divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened on Friday night. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the officer, a superintendent of police, was beheaded by suspected...
No fewer than 80 suspected cultists have been arrested between April and July 14, 2023 in Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that in April, 42 suspected cultists, allegedly belonging to different groups were arrested at different places within the state, while 17 others...
The Police Command in Delta has rescued a victim held hostage by suspected cultists. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Wednesday in Warri that the victim was rescued by police operatives from Sapele Division. Edafe said that the victim was rescued on Sunday by the police...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists at Licking Fingers Joint, close to the Federal Polytechnic, Gwallameji Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, stated this in a statement made available...
By OLA MODUPE, Ogun – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eleven suspected cultists at Sango-Ota area in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The Police Spokesperson in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, Ogun, that the suspects were arrested...
Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) says the security architecture of the institution has been beefed up with the presence of the police to complement its internal security unit. The Deputy Registrar/Head of Public Relations, Mr Joe Ejiofor, said this against the backdrop of the Sept.15 shooting incident in the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man in Warri, who claimed to be on a revenge mission following the killing of his brother by some cultists. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said...