The Imo State police command has arrested six cult members who were involved in the killing of Mbachu Samuel Chigozie, a youth corp member serving in Cross River State.
The
command also arrested 16 pipeline and three Nitel installation vandals.
Speaking
while parading the suspects at the command headquarters, Owerri Thursday, the
state Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), DSP Joy Elemoko, disclosed that
the cultists were arrested at Ihiagwa in Owerri West LGA of the state by the
Command’s Ambush Squad following a tip-off.
The
arrested killer cult members are Nnaemeka Iweanoge, a student of the Enugu
State University of Science and Technology(ESUTH); Armstrong Mazi of Benue
State University; Nwadike Uzoma of Imo State University(IMSU), owerri; Obinna
Dick, Uzoma Ike and Ifeanyi John, all of who are of the Federal Polytechnic,
Nekede.
Also
arrested include three cultists who attacked and seriously wounded a student of
the Federal University of Technology Owerri(FUTO), Kingsley Mba of No. 8
Njiribeako Street, Owerri, and the suspects include Miracle Orji, Chukwueri
Chijioke and Ikenna Ezeigbo.
The
police boss expressed worry over the upsurge in cult activities in
tertiary institutions in the state after it was brought to very minimal level.
She
hinted that just last Monday at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, an
unidentified student suspected to be cult member of a rival group was
shot and wounded, adding that four suspects had since been arrested.
On the
arrest of the pipeline vandals, Mrs Elemoko said the the 16 suspects were
arrested by soldiers deployed to Agip Flow Station at Ikri, Oguta LGA and them
over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
The
suspects were led by Orji Best from Umueze Anam in Anambra West LGA of Anambra
State and items recovered from them included vandalised pipes, vandalism
equipments, a Mark Truck, L300 bus and a trailer load of 40ft 8inch diameter
pipes valued about N5million.
The
PPRO further disclosed that the command operatives last weekend at
Enyis/Trinity Junction Road Oguta, arrested three out of six suspects who
vandalised underground Nitel Optic Cables.
Items
recovered from them included a Mercedes Benz truck loaded with optic cables
worth about N10million and a Toyota Corola car loaded with vandalism
equipments.
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