The police in Imo State has charged 16 students of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri and Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, respectively for an alleged involvement in cult related activities in the state.
In a statement in Owerri, the state capital today, Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Andrew Enwerem, said that the suspected cultists were arrested on April 14, in a bush in Ihiagwa community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state
Enwerem, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, alleged that the suspects were members of a cult group known as of Africa confraternity.
“In a renewed onslaught against the menace of cultism in Imo State, operatives of the state police command on April 14,2017, arrested over 16 suspected cultists in a bush in Ihiagwa in the Owerri West LGA. They are members of the of Africa confraternity. Suspects have been charged to court, accordingly.”
According to the PPRO, three live cartridges and expended SMG ammunition were recovered from the undergraduates.
Enwerem listed the names of the suspects as
Oluwoke Herto , 24, Leader Of the Of Africa
Onyegbule Chukwunenye 24,
Chibueze Okpara, 17
Uzoma Kingsley 25
Chisom Nwosu, 23
Oscar Ojinaka OSCAR, 25
Ebuka Ejekeme
Uchenna Ehum
Christian Ejekeme,
Lucky Anyanwu
Uche Okoro
Chinecherem Okeke
Michael Igbokwe
Chima Agugua
Victor Egbu
Nelson.
The Police spokesperson made it clear that the new commissioner of police in the state, Chris Ezike, is committed to reducing cultism and criminal activities. [myad]
