Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory have arrested 42 suspected cultists in the Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The suspects, who were handed over to officials of the state government on Tuesday, were allegedly attending an initiation when they were rounded up on Sunday.
Okeke, who was represented by Captain Ibrahim Gwaska, said the navy standby team was informed that the suspects had gathered in Akpabuyo for an initiation and other activities.KlansOkeke stated, “We are here for a routine handover of 42 suspects to the Cross River State Government’s representative. Accordingly, the base responded to a tip-off and cordoned off the area in Akpabuyo. In that raid, we arrested 61 suspected cultists.
“It is in this regard that we will be handing over the suspects to the state government and officials of the Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad for onward investigation and prosecution.”
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