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Gunmen Suspected to Be Cultists Kidnap Five RSU Students in Rivers

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:15 +0000

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be cultists have kidnapped at least five students of the Rivers State University, RSU, Nkpolu-Oroworukwu, Port Harcourt. The incident occurred on Tuesday at the students’ off-campus residence in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state. InfoStride News recalls that students residing around the institution’s Emuoha satellite campus had, last week, protested [...]

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Nasarawa Police Arrest Suspected Cultist, Recover Pistol During Midnight Patrol

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:00:10 +0000

The Nasarawa State Police Command has announced the arrest of a suspected cultist and the recovery of an English-made pistol during a midnight patrol in Lafia, the state capital. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, the command said the arrest was made by operatives from the [...]

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Lagos CP Orders Probe into Alleged Police Complicity in Release of Suspected Cultists

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:02 +0000

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the alleged misconduct of a tactical police team operating in the Okokomaiko area following the release of six suspected members of the notorious Aiye cult group. The development has sparked fear and anxiety among residents of the Agric community in the [...]

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Delta Police Arrest Suspected Armed Robbers, Kidnappers, and Cultists

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:00:49 +0000

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended several suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, and cultists in a series of operations across the state. According to the command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), led by ASP Julius Robinson, arrested some notorious kidnappers who had been terrorizing Abraka, Obiaruku, and Umutu areas [...]

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Police Arrest Two Suspected Cultists, Recover Arms in Edo State

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:00:06 +0000

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of the Supreme Eiye Confraternity in possession of arms and ammunition. The suspects, identified as Osamudiamen James, 44, and Omokaro Joseph, 44, were apprehended by operatives of the Raiders Squad, according to the state’s Commissioner of Police, Umoru Ozigi, who disclosed the development to journalists [...]

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Osun State Police Parades Notorious Cultists for Armed Robbery and Other Crimes

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:00:43 +0000

The Osun State Police Command has successfully apprehended and paraded two individuals, Olugbode Joshua and Akinleye Ayodeji, for their alleged involvement in armed robbery, cultism, and other criminal activities. The arrests, which took place in different parts of Osogbo, have been hailed as a significant breakthrough in the fight against the growing menace of cultism [...]

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Nine Suspected Cultists Nabbed During Supremacy Battle In Ogun

Abiodun A. — Wed, 26 May 2021 21:17:31 +0000

Nine suspected cultists have been arrested during what the police say was a supremacy battle in the Ajegunle area of Ibogun, Ogun State. The clash was between members of the Eiye and Alaro confraternities, according to the Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. “While the clash was going on, a distress [...]

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Five EKSU Students Arrested for Alleged Cultism

Abiodun A. — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:24:09 +0000

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU). In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, noted that the arrest was made during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus. He [...]

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Lagos Police Chief Vows to Arrest Criminals in Lekki,Ajah

Abiodun A. — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:35:36 +0000

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu on Saturday vowed to take the anti-crime fight of the command to the dens of hoodlums and criminals in Lekki and Ajah areas of the state. The Commissioner made the vow during a meeting with some Stakeholders at the Command Headquarters Ikeja. According to a statement signed [...]

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Proper Investigations On The Suspected Cultists Should Be Done – Jimoh Mumini

David Folami — Sun, 20 May 2018 07:30:54 +0000

The Kwara State Government has expressed concern over the transfer of four suspected cultists, arrested in the state by the state police command, to Abuja. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Kwara State Ministry of Justice, Jimoh Mumini, made the reservation known after an emergency Security Council meeting chaired by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday [...]

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The Transferred Suspected Cultists Should Be Tried Under Our Law – Jimoh Mumini

David Folami — Thu, 17 May 2018 23:08:12 +0000

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#Security > I’ll Take Part In Patrols, Police Raids Against Cultists, Other Criminal Gangs In Edo – CP

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:30:19 +0000

The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Monday vowed to personally lead street patrols and raids against cultists and other criminal gangs in their various hideouts across the state.‎Ezike led the special crack squad deployed by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, which resulted in the arrest of 56 suspected cultists [...]

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