Tag: Cultist
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Cultists on rampage in Ikorodu; kill couple, mentally challenged woman
A couple and a mentally unstable woman were at the wee hours of Friday murdered by suspected members of the Black Axe cult group at Ikorodu, a Lagos district. The killings occurred around 3:42am at Itupate after armed men said to be over 80, stormed the area in search of members of Eiye cult group.…
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Cultists clash: 4 killed, 2 arrested in Lagos
Four suspected cultists were killed during a clash between two rival cult groups of Aiye and Eiye in Ajah area of Lagos State on Sunday. A very reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that two suspects were arrested by operatives from police Area “J” Command, Ajah over the killings. Sources…
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Police arrest suspects over death of 3 in Rivers cult clash
The Police Command in Rivers on Monday said some suspected cultists had been arrested in connection with the death of three persons in Mgbodohia, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP), confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.…
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Slain policeman in Edo was a cultist — CP
The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Hakeem Odumosun, has said that the policeman killed by unknown gunmen in Benin on Saturday night was a member of a secret cult. The CP told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that two other persons were killed in the shoot out that claimed the life of…
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Police arrest 21 suspected political thugs over death of two cultists
Lagos State Police Command said it arrested 21 suspected political thugs following the death of two suspected cultists at a political rally in Obanikoro area of the state. The command spokesperson, CSP Chike Oti, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos State. Oti said the two suspected cultists were on the police…
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Police arrest suspected cultist in Benin
The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of zone 5, Benin, Mr Rasheed Olatunde, on Tuesday said the police arrested a suspected cultist, Wilson Iriajen in Benin, Edo. Olatunde, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Benin, said the arrest was in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim…
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Police arrest 137 suspected cult members in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, said it had arrested 137 persons suspected to be cult members during initiation and marking of their annual ritual day. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Imohimi Edgal, said the suspects were arrested while celebrating 7/7 under the guise that they were having a birthday party, at…
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Police catch suspected cultist with ‘bottle of human blood’
A man, Emeka ThankGod, was on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful society — Alora confratenity. The prosecution also told the court that ThankGod was caught with a bottle of blood suspected to be that of a human being. Emeka, 29, a supervisor at Keyside Bar…
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Four suspected cultists arraigned in Lagos
Four suspected members of a dreaded cult — Eiye Confraternity — were on Friday brought before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The accused are Ademola Solomon, 23; Nweke Christian, 24; Sunday Ikoh, 24; and Lawal Afolabi, 21. They are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and belonging to a secret cult. The Prosecutor,…
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Saraki and I do not have hands in suspected cultists’ activities – Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said he and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki do not have any links with the activities of suspected cultists in the state. Ahmed’s statement a day after the Senate President accused the Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, of a plot to frame him up in connection with some…