Imo State
Police Command on Monday recorded a major breakthrough in its fight against
cultism with the arrest of 39 suspected cultists.
Parading the
suspects at the Command Headquarters, the State Commissioner, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu,
disclosed that the suspects were arrested at different points in the state during
their initiation ceremony.
According to
him, “considering the spate of cultism in the state and following a
tactically coordinated operation by operatives of the State Police Command
through credible source stormed the initiation party organized by the cultists
for new members within the Nekede area of Owerri”.
He continued
that, “on the receipt of the information, covert operatives of the Command were
promptly mobilized and dispatched to the area to monitor the situation. Notable
flashpoints 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.
THENATION
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