Police arrest 17 suspected cultists, recuperate not easy medications in Anambra 

By Vincent Ujumadu

Operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) of the Nigeria Police Force in Anambra Pronounce accept as true with arrested 17 male suspects allegedly linked to cult-related actions and varied acts even handed inimical to public morality.

The issue Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Tochukwu Ikenga, said on Sunday that acting on credible info, the suspects had been traced to a hideout in Awka the keep they had been apprehended.

In accordance with the PPRO, items recovered from them encompass some dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, containers of petroleum jelly, condoms, and varied displays even handed related to the ongoing investigation.

He listed the suspects to encompass Okeke Ugochukwu, 28 years; Okoro Christian, 17; Goodluck Michael, 25; Amuche Michael, 24; Ojukwu Divine, 26; Ikechukwu Chimeremeze, 20; Obinna Ike, 30; Nnamdi Desmond, 28; Odibendi, 20 and Emmanuel Onyema, 26.

Others are Omalico Eric, 23; Duru Ifeanyi, 23; Diamond Zikora, 26; Charles Chukwuma, 28; Ikem Vincent, 20; Okeke Chibuzo, 23; and Izunna Okoye, 24.

He said that preliminary interrogation of the suspects printed their affiliation with the Vikings Confraternity, a cult neighborhood also is known as “Bagger”.

“The investigation is also extending to allegations of unlawful and tainted actions reportedly utilized at the placement”, Ikenga said.

He added that the describe has commenced a corpulent-scale investigation into the topic to envision the extent of the involvement of the suspects in cult-related actions and varied that that you just would be able to imagine of prison offences.

Reacting on the approach, the issue Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, reiterated that cultism, drug abuse, and all kinds of criminal activity or acts able to undermining public peace and societal values, have to not tolerated in Anambra Pronounce

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