The men of the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command, have arrested a total of thirty nine people suspected to be involved in cult related activities at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede environs.
Speaking while parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Owerri, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, disclosed that the suspects were arrested at different points in the state during their initiation ceremony.
He said that on the receipt of credible information about the activities of the cult groups, covert operatives of the Command were promptly mobilized and dispatched to the area to monitor the situation.
“Notable flash-points within Nekede and environs namely, ‘South Africa ‘, ‘Shrine Tree Square’ and Pentagon Bar Umuofocha’ were surrounded and cordoned off by ever ready operatives.
“As a result, 39 suspected cultists who converged in the aforementioned location for initiation and other cult activities were rounded up,” he said.
The commissioner added that the suspects have made useful statements confessing their membership of the Aiye confraternity and after a thorough investigation, the suspects would be charged to court.
