Tag: Cultism
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Ekiti cult killings: Police arrest 35 more suspects
The Police Command in Ekiti State on Monday arrested 35 more suspects in connection with the bloody cult clash in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area on Sunday. The clash which left six persons dead and several others sustaining various degrees of gun and machete injuries began Saturday night and lasted through the early hours…
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10 in Police net over alleged rival cult clash in Ekiti
The Police have confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects over alleged complicity in a rival cult clash in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti. ASP Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said the clash occurred on Saturday night and the early hours of…
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Police arrest 17 suspects over cultism in FCT
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested 17 suspects over cultism along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. She said the arrest of the suspects was in…
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Police arrest 2 suspected cultists in Delta
The Police in Delta have arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly killing another suspected cultist identified as Ebeni Jelekun. DSP Edafe Bright, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, said this in a statement on Thursday in Warri. Bright identified the suspects as Omoyevwe Emmanuel, 29 and Marcus Michael, 24y, adding that charms…
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Gov Umahi denies placating notorious cult group with N3m
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Monday said he did not give N3 million to placate notorious cult groups allegedly terrorising residents of the state. Umahi said this when the 13 Local Government Area Chairmen, Coordinators of Development Centres, with their Management Committee members, among other political appointees, paid him a solidarity visit at the…
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How I escaped being buried alive by cultists – Ebonyi victim of cult war
Sunday Oji, victim of a recent cult war in Ebonyi state has narrated his ordeal in the hands of cultists. The 20 years old student of Comprehensive Secondary School, Ogwuma Edda in Afikpo South local government area of Ebonyi state on Wednesday said he was saved by hunters from being buried alive by the cultists.…
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Ebonyi cult clash claims two, Governor orders arrest of killers
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi on Wednesday ordered security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the recent bloody cult clash in Afikpo South local government area of the state. This is even as the second persson was killed in the area on Wednesday morning in a reprisal attack. It will be recalled that one…
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Cultism remains greatest challenge in Ogun – CP
Ogun Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson, on Saturday said that cultism remained the greatest challenge facing the state police command. Ebrimson said this in Abeokuta when students body in the state led by Azeez Adeyemi, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Student Matters, paid him a courtesy call. He intimated the students’ representatives that it…
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Rate of kidnapping, banditry, cultism in Nigeria decreasing drastically – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday declared that the crime rate in the country has dropped drastically in comparison with two quarters ago. According to him, banditry, kidnapping and cultism have decreased. He said that President Muhammadu Buhari urged the security agencies to keep up the good work towards achieving a…
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Ebonyi communities go spiritual against cultism
Elders drawn from the 16 communities in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Thursday, congregated at the village square (Obodo Amananta) at the Ngbo/Izziah Cultural Centre and called on the gods of the land to deal decisively with anyone involved in cultism, sponsoring war and other social vices in the area. Southern…