FOOT soldiers of arrested Delta State kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah, who are overawed by soldiers, deployed to Kokori, Ethiope-East West Local Government Area, to smoke them out from their stronghold, have resorted to making ritual sacrifices to scare away the security agents.
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Saturday Vanguard gathered coffins and sacrifices of dead animals with native chalk and other horrible- looking objects emerged overnight at different junctions on major streets in the town, all in the bid to cause fear.
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However, the soldiers, who, Wednesday, arrested the chief priest of Kokori, alleged to have prepared fortification charms for Kelvin and his gang, were not perturbed, as they continued with their "internal operation", yesterday.
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Kelvin's comrade-in-arms, who thought the chief priest was invulnerable, were stunned when he was seized by soldiers and the shrine destroyed.
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Previously, the police had hesitated in destroying the shrine and arresting the chief priest even when they have information that he was the one preparing charms for the gang.
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"They believed it was power of the shrine that stopped the police from arresting the chief priest and burning the shrine when they struck in Kokori between March and April, so they were furious at the beating the chief priest was given when they arrested him," a source told Saturday Vanguard.