Police arrest 13 suspected armed robbers, 20 cultists in Enugu
The Police in Enugu State have arrested 13 suspected armed robbers and 20 suspected cult members in the state.
Abdurrahman, who assumed office a week ago, noted that most of the arrests were made through intelligence report and tip-off from public-spirited individuals to the police. He disclosed that a number of locally-made rifles as well as a charm were recovered from them too; while investigation to further unravel their nefarious activities had commenced.
The commissioner said that the suspected cultists were arrested on Sept. 7 following information received by the Command’s operatives. “They have disguised themselves as a very simple organisation and gone to Corporate Affairs Commission to register as a charitable orgainsaition; while earlier Tochukwu Ugwu, Coordinator of Vikings in Nsukka, had identified some of them to be his members,’’ he said.
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