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  • Police vow to clampdown on cultists over plans to celebrate “7/7“

    Police vow to clampdown on cultists over plans to celebrate “7/7“

    The Police Command in Oyo State has vow to clampdown on cultists in the state over their alleged plans to celebrate July 7, popularly known as “7/7″, and in the process attack rival cult groups.

    The command disclosed this in a statement issued by its spokesman, DSP Adewale Osifeso, on Wednesday in Ibadan.

    Osifeso said that credible intelligence by the command had revealed that some hoodlums and cultists had finalised preparations to celebrate the day and cause large scale violence.

    According to Osifeso, Police Commissioner Ngozi Onadeko has issued strong warning to any person or group with the intent to scuttle the peace being enjoyed in the state to shelve their plans.

    The PPRO said that the command would not allow criminal elements to have a field day.

    He said that the command, in collaboration with other sister security agencies, would clamp down heavily on organisers, leaders and progenitors of such sinister plans whose aims is to cause bloodletting and destruction of innocent lives and property.

    “The Commissioner of Police wishes to assure the good people of the state of a comprehensive security coverage through visible patrols and intelligence-driven `stop-and-search` across the length and breadth of the state.

    “To this end, parents, guardians and persons of influence are advised to caution their wards to refrain from any unlawful gathering or assembly with intent to breach the peace of the land as the state Police Command will arrest and prosecute violators,” Osifeso said.

    He warned hoteliers, proprietors of lounges and other recreational facilities against consenting to the use of their facilities to aid cult-related activities as their owners are liable for prosecution.

    He urged all and sundry to remain law abiding and vigilant and also to report any suspicious activity to the police command or the nearest police formation.

    The spokesman urged all Oyo State residents go about their businesses without the fear of harassment from anyone.

  • How God saved me from ritualists, cultists-Chris Iheuwa

    How God saved me from ritualists, cultists-Chris Iheuwa

    Popular actor, Chris Iheuwa stunned many of his fans when he took to his Facebook page to recount how God saved him from ritualists and cultists.

    Iheuwa known for his stellar performance in ‘La Femme Anjola’ said a certain lady, Ama Pepple called him for an acting job in Port Harcourt.

    Read his account of the sad incident below:

     

    “Our movie making job takes us to various locations , towns , villages, States and in some cases countries.

    I had rounded up filming a flick with Biodun Stephen at Peaceville Estate in Thomas Estate within the neighborhood of Ajah inward Epe, outskirts of Lagos State and was heading home to the other side of town, Ikeja GRA to be precise, when I a call came through on my phone.

    Hello I bellowed, in my official voice to an unknown line or an unfamiliar number.

    “Good afternoon Sir, is this Chris, please?” the female voice from the other end of the line enquired…some how , there’s a ‘let your guards down’ effect the female folk voice has on men, I must confess , I am no exception.

    Yes , this is he …how can I help please…I enquired.

    “My name is Ama Pepple, I am calling from Rumuola in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a Producer gave us your name and number, we are working on a movie project and would like for you to be part of it “

    Thank you for reaching out Ms Pepple, I responded…and in my usual manner I enquired … may I have the date, the script so I can go through before we discuss artiste fees.

    “Ok Sir…” she responded …

    A week later, we agreed on date, artiste fees, costume and location for the shoot in PH, Rivers State.

    Days afterwards, I received a travel document on Air Peace for PH,

    I informed my people , gave them the details of the shoot and the officials , called my friend the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State that I was PH bound.

    Some hours later we arrived PH and the Artiste Liaison Officer came to pick me from the airport or so I thought .

    I called my friend the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and informed him of my presence in his precinct, he asked for the address and I asked the ALO who came for me, I noticed he was very hesitant to answer me but eventually blurted out the area albeit uncomfortably.

    The address I forwarded to my friend, a little over 30 minutes later we arrived what I observed to be a posh area behind D-Line in Rumuola an area in Obi-Akpor LGA in Rivers State .

    I noticed the area was very quiet and looked secluded and uninhabited, even in very bougeousy areas you’ll still find people even security men, or mallams selling stuff from their gate house windows.

    This didn’t go unnoticed to me and I discreetly forwarded my map pin to my friend the PPRO.

    Shortly after we arrived into a very affluent looking apartment , the edifice itself looked uninhabited and had very few signes of human inhabitance.

    I did a panaromic view of the apartment, to my left, was a gate house and further down I saw a kernel with what looked like well trained German Shepherd Dogs all training their ferocious eyes on me.

    Further down , I saw a walk way with lush green lawns that seemed to stretch further than the eyes could see but also disappearing at a sudden curb as if it was meant to confuse one.

    To my right I saw a couple of luxurious cars and make shift production bus hurriedly adorned with posters of movies past.

    A similar lawn with well manicured lawns similar to the one to the right but with a cacophony of criss crossed cactus and hibiscus flower pots littering the disappearing curve of the curb.

    As I was being ushered in, I quickly took some snaps of the environ and sent via WhatsApp to my friend not sure if the house had an inbuilt internet disabler.

    Inside was a lavishly decorated living room with gold trimmings and ornaments and a wall drapping sandwiched by stock heads of wild animals hunted down for their precious horns and ivory tusks.

    I sat down and was immediately offered a choice of water , wine or beer.

    Totally jettisoning the subconscious alarms ringing in my head warning me to decline both, I innocently accepted a choice of cold water, I should have known better when it arrived , served by a lady who seemed unsure of herself and literarily shivering , again this should have warned me.

    After dropping the water off a glass cup on top of a very thick side table , she was surmoned immediately but not before she gave me a very cold look filled with fear and danger alarms ringing , stupid me did not take note .

    I gulped down the water in one fell swoop and requested to see my co actors and the crew , at this time I was frightenly alone until yet another steward , this time a much more assured looking male steward sundered in , picked up the remote control of a very wide tv set with similar dimentions of a vertically placed ping pong board, he turned it on and requested if I wanted to watch a Nollywood movie or a foreign one , I answered in the later and allowed myself to be enveloped in the comfortably well made leather settee I had settled in.

    I requested for the bathroom as he was about to leave and also enquired about the other crew members and my co actors , he mumbled “they’ll see you shortly, and the right door to your left” to both my questions.

    I could have sworn I staggered to get up from my enveloping settee to navigate the bathroom as he described , feeling like I was staggering , I made for the white door with a male miniature emoji indicating boys room on the door.

    The bathroom had a 2′ x 2′ window installed and as I struggled with my quasi consciousness to unzip my fly, I could have sworn I heard voices speaking in hush tones deciding how much to make off my body parts.

    After I was done and flushed, which I later realized to be a mistake , I observed the hosh toned voices had subsided and foot steps had taken over hurriedly leaving the bathroom window I had just used… I managed to send an SOS message to my friend fearing the worst and his urgent arrival to my rescue , with a last minute message not to come alone.

    After I confirmed he had received the message and confirmation of his quick “Copy that, stay calm and do not give away your fears feedback” I quickly pocketed my phone , opened the door and fell straight into the arms of four heavily built men who started manhandling me and asking what I had heard, a quick upper court to my jugular by one of the men after series of migraine inducing slaps and punches and I passed out.

    I came to at the Airforce Medical Facility by Rumukrushi Road and my friend was there to assure me all was well.

    I had narrowly escaped a case of Ritualists and Cultists who were rampant in that side of PH.

    My friend told me I was lucky and my updates had made things easy for him and his men as well as the IGP Anti Kidnapping Team who worked together to have me and about 20 other victims rescued.

    Sadly two other victims were not that lucky as they had been dismembered , butchered and their parts packed for human organ traders , dealers and merchants.

    Pease be careful where you go, and always leave a forwarding address, phone numbers and names to loved ones and possibly a member of the security agency.

    The world is indeed now a very dangerous place and Nigeria is not exempted”.

  • Police arrest nine suspected cultists during supremacy battle in Ogun

    Police arrest nine suspected cultists during supremacy battle in Ogun

    Nine suspected cultists have been arrested during what the police say was a supremacy battle in the Ajegunle area of Ibogun, Ogun State.

    The clash was between members of the Eiye and Alaro confraternities, according to the Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.

    “While the clash was going on, a distress call was made to the Police Divisional Headquarters in Ibogun, and the DPO, CSP Samuel Oladele, quickly led his men to the scene,” a statement by the Oyeyemi read in part.

    “On sighting policemen, the cultists, who had already inflicted serious injuries on the chest of one member of Alora group, ran away with their injured colleagues, while police successfully apprehended the nine suspects.”

    Those arrested are Sodiq Olabisi, Oluwatosin Andrew, Oladimeji Oyedele, Wasiu Raheem, Oyedokun Lekan, Yusuf Ajetunmobi, Busari Taoreed, Bolaji Raphael and Salami Toheeb.

    A cutlass, five knives, two axes, five phone batteries and N4,000 were among items the police said they seized from the suspects.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Cultists Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation.

    He also ordered a manhunt for the fleeing members of the group.

  • TRENDING VIDEOS: Rival cult groups dare Sanwo-Olu, wreak havoc in Ketu hours after signing 21-year jail term for cultists

    TRENDING VIDEOS: Rival cult groups dare Sanwo-Olu, wreak havoc in Ketu hours after signing 21-year jail term for cultists

    Barely 48 hours after Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state, the Ikosi Ketu area of the state was embroiled in violence allegedly perpetrated by rival cult groups.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism 2021 into Law at Lagos House, Ikeja.

    However, residents of the area woke up to a disturbing Wednesday morning when the rampaging cultists started running after each other with cutlasses, bottles and other dangerous weapons.

    According to viral videos that surfaced online early Wednesday morning, the hoodlums had a field despite the presence of policemen.

    See videos video and tweets below as shared by eyewitnesses on Twitter:

    https://twitter.com/Ibkinging/status/1372066218518183936?s=20

    https://twitter.com/WhoIsMuktar/status/1372095727539748865?s=20

     

  • Sanwo-Olu approves 21-year jail term for cultists

    Sanwo-Olu approves 21-year jail term for cultists

    Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, approved a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state.

    Sanwo-Olu approved the jail term as he signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism 2021 into Law at Lagos House, Ikeja.

    He also signed three other bills into law, which were the Lagos State Audit Service Commission (Amendment) Law of 2019, Lagos State Public Procurement Bill of 2021 and Coronavirus Pandemic Emergency Law of 2021.

    According to him, the state has suffered the negative effects of unlawful societies and cultism and the new law seeks to make parents more responsible.

    He said the new law sought to make parents show more interests in the upbringing of their children and wards to ensure they did not become a burden to society.

    The State House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which stipulated a 15-year jail term for anyone found guilty of abetting cultists and residents who willfully allowed their property to be used as meeting points by cultists.

    The anti-cultism law repealed the Cultism (Prohibition) Law of 2007 (now Cap. C18, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015) and provided for more stringent punitive measures.

    It also made its application all-encompassing and applicable to the general public, as against the restriction of the previous law to students of tertiary institutions.

    The bill to amend the State’s Audit Law of 2015 was initiated by the executive to address observed flaws hindering the successful implementation of the extant Audit Law, Cap. A13, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

    With the amendments, the Central Internal Audit (CIA) which was a department in the Ministry of Finance would now be a department under the Audit Service Commission.

    This was to bring auditors under one body for effective administration and independence of internal auditors in line with best global practices.

    The Lagos State Public Procurement Agency Law originally enacted in 2011, formed the legal bedrock for the public procurement regime in the state.

    The Law was based on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model which was a properly regulated procurement system standard on international best practices.

  • Police nab 3 suspected cultists in Anambra

    Police nab 3 suspected cultists in Anambra

    The Police Command in Anambra say they have arrested three suspected members of different cult groups in the state.

    Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer (CSP), announced this in a statement on Sunday in Awka.

    Mohammed said the arrest followed the raid of their hideouts by personnel of Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS), following an intelligence report.

    He said the suspects had allegedly confessed to being members of ‘Payton’ and ‘Viking’ confraternities.

    He, however, did not disclose which part of the state they were apprehended.

    “On Feb. 28, at about 6.20 a.m. after receiving a credible intelligence report, police operatives, attached to the Command Special Anti-cult unit (SPACS), arrested three notorious cultists, following raids conducted on their hideouts.

    “Suspects confessed to being members of Payton and Vikings confraternities.

    “They will be charged to court for prosecution after the conclusion of the investigation,’’ he stated.

    Mohammed assured Anambra residents of the command’s continued effort to rid the state of criminals.

    He urged members of the public to provide useful and timely information that would help nip crime in the bud.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, reassure all Anambra residents that the command, under his watch, will continue to work assiduously until the crime is reduced to the barest in the state,’’ he stated.

  • Police arrest 25 suspected cultists during initiation ceremony in Ogun

    Police arrest 25 suspected cultists during initiation ceremony in Ogun

    The Ogun police command, on Wednesday, paraded 25 suspected members of the dreaded buccaneer cult group, who they arrested during an alleged initiation ceremony in the state capital, Abeokuta.
    Parading the suspects at the Command’s Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, disclosed that the suspects were arrested along with three herbalists, who conducted the initiation.
    The commissioner said the cultists were arrested, following intelligence reports, that some cultists were planning to unleash mayhem on members of the public, after conducting an initiation rite for new members in Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta.
    He disclosed that the police recovered battle axes, cutlasses, weed, suspected to be Indian hemp, and costumes of their group.
    The suspects were among 59 others paraded for rape, kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, fraud, among others.
    The police boss also paraded three murder suspects for allegedly beating a 23-year-old man, Samuel Ajibade, to death over alleged theft of two mobile phones belonging to one of them.
    One Tunde Bello, a taxi driver, who allegedly abducted and raped a 29-year-old lady (name withheld),while on her way to work last September, and collected N140,000 before she was released, was similarly paraded, alongside a suspected fraudster, Daudu James.
    The commissioner disclosed that James specialised in swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting victims and siphoning money from their accounts and that at the time of his arrest, he had 17 different ATM cards on his person.
    “The suspect had succeeded in swapping ATM cards of two persons and siphoned the sum of N40,000 and N55,000 from the victims.
    “He, however, ran out of luck when one of his victims sighted him in another bank trying to swap another person’s ATM card. The victim raised alarm and he was promptly arrested,” Ajogun said.
    James confessed to committing the crime, calling on government to have mercy on him.
    The commissioner warned criminals to relocate from the state, as the police would continue to ensure that no part of the state was made conducive for criminals.
  • Police arrest 11 suspected cultists during initiation

    Police arrest 11 suspected cultists during initiation

    The Cross River Police Command have arrested 11 persons during an initiation into a cult on Bishop Moynag Avenue, State Housing, Calabar.

    The command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, said in a statement in Calabar on Sunday that the suspects were nine men and two women.

    He said that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 14 through “human and tactical intelligence information” deployed by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdulkadir Jimoh.

    Ugbo said that the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad and officers from the Federal Housing Police Division.

    “On Aug. 14 2020, a team of SARS operatives and men from the Federal Housing Police Division through an intelligence from the Commissioner of Police swung into action and arrested 11 suspected cultists during initiation.

    “Items recovered from them include talking drum, wooden gung, two kegs of concoction and a bottle of Gordon drink .

    “The suspects confessed to the crime. Investigation is still ongoing to unravel other cult members.

    “To this he end, the Commissioner of Police once again warned all members of any cult groups or anyone having intention to engage in any cult related activities to desist from such”.

    The police command said its “Operation Murky Waters” was still ongoing and was determined to neutralise all illegal activities and those behind them.

    Ugbo, however, enjoined peace-loving residents of Cross River to go about their normal businesses without fear of any kind.

  • NIGHT OF HORROR IN LAGOS: Cultists, armed robbers torment residents in Agege, Alimosho amid lockdown [Videos]

    NIGHT OF HORROR IN LAGOS: Cultists, armed robbers torment residents in Agege, Alimosho amid lockdown [Videos]

    Residents of Agege and Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos State were on Sunday treated to a night of horror after armed robbers and a notorious cult group popularly called, Awawa Boys seized major streets, attacked residents and robbed shops located within the axis.

    According to reports, robbers wielding dangerous weapons were also said to have stormed Abesan Estate in Iyana Ipaja, where homes were raided in large numbers.

    From videos tweeted by netizens on Twitter, TheNewGuru (TNG) learnt that the pandemonium started at about 8 pm when some of the residents and traders that deal in foodstuff were returning home from their businesses, while several other persons stayed back at home to observe the federal government lockdown order, which was purposed to curtail spread of Covid-19.

    Watch videos:

    An eyewitness said some of the communities that have turned to ghost towns in Agege axis were Balogun, Alhaja streets and its environs, Oke-koto, Agbalaya, new Oko-Oba Estate, Markaz and Amoo in Agege axis.

    Another lamented “Men have become their own vigilantes by staying outside their houses to watch out for anything funny. These boys go from street to street, house to house, door to door. Mr governor please find a solution. These boys fail to understand that they’re also robbing from the poor”, she added.

    Meanwhile, responding to the situation, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, said that different patrol teams have been deployed to communities in Agege, Alimosho and Ikeja Local Governments that were under robbery attacks in the state.

    Elkana, in a statement made available to newsmen, alleged that the efforts of the teams were been hampered by residents setting up bonfires to create a false alarm.

    He said: “We urge everyone setting up bonfires with a tyre in their streets in areas like Abule Egba, Mangoro, Ogba, etc, in the name of protecting the communities to desist from it as it is causing panic amongst residents.

    “Police Officers have been deployed to all locations affected to prevent any form of crimes. #BeSafe #StayAtHome,” the PPRO added.

  • Cultists display severed head of victim in Edo

    Cultists belonging to the Aye confraternity have displayed the severed heads of one of their victims on the social media.

    Several persons have been killed in different parts of Benin City and environs since last month when members of Aye and Eiye confraternities resumed hostilities.

    It was gathered the ongoing cult war began when the rival groups decided the celebrate the one year anniversary of the killings of their leaders.

    A special squad has been deployed to Edo State by the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to stop the cult killings and arrest their leaders no matter how powerful they are.

    In a viral video displaying the severed head, the cultists said the deceased was an Eiye member living in Upper Sokponba that strayed to Ogiso area along the Murtala Mohammed Way.

    They said they would behead many Eiye members and ensure they are routed out of Edo State.

    The severed head might belong to a headless body found last Monday and dumped at Ikpoba slope close to Ogiso area.

    Recall that the Edo Police Commissioner, Jimeta Lawan, had on Wednesday paraded 26 suspected cultists, who he said were members of Black Axe, Aye, Eiye and Vikings confraternities.

    Lawan said they have confessed to being members of the criminal gangs and would all be arraigned shortly.