By Victor Ofure Osehobo
The Edo State Command of the Nigeria has made a major breakthrough in the war against cultism with the arrest of 16 suspected cult members.
State Police Commissioner Johnson Kukumo who gave this indication on Wednesday disclosed that assorted arms and ammunitions were also recovered from the suspects.
He said, “Sixteen suspected cultists from different secret cult confraternities were arrested at different locations within the state for engaging in cult related activities, murder, vandalism, armed robbery and disturbance of public peace”.
He gave their names as :
- Uhunoma Godwin Aghahowa ‘m’
- Owen Sunday `m’
- iii. Ogunsuyi Osamediamen
- Aliu Emmanuel `m’
- Osaze Idemudia `m’
- Farouk Jackson `m’
- vii. John Enobakhare `m’
- viii. Mathew Iregbenyen `m’
- Balogun Clement `m’
- Idemudia Iginedion `m’
- Friday Idemudia `m’
- xii. Frank Ajogun `m’
- xiii. Eric Osahon `m’
xiv. Junior John `m’
- Goodluck Pama `m’
xvi. Celestine Ojo `m’
He said the following items were recovered from them:” Two cut to size guns, three live cartridges, one toyota Highlander SUV Reg. No. DGE-524-AH and one AK-47 rifle with breech No. 15671 was recovered at a location along Ehakpaen Street, Benin City”.
In a related development the Commissioner said 18 escapees from the recent jail break in Benin City have been arrested. He gave their names and offences as
S/N NAME SEX OFFENCE
1 Uwa Uyi Male Armed Robbery
2 Oluwatosi Adelayo Male Armed Robbery
3 Precious Omose Male Armed Robbery
4 Moses Osamudiamen Male Murder
5 Osarumen Noragon Male Armed Robbery
6 Godspower Musa (Porpori) Armed Robbery
7 David Opkebe Male Armed Robbery
8 Treasure Egharevba Male Armed Robbery
9 Jackson Godwin Male Armed Robbery
10 Uyi Osayande Male Unlawful Assembly/Cultism
11 Osaro Anthony Male Cultism
12 Chima Ezi (Ezinna) Male Armed Robbery
13 Endurance Ifebhor Male Armed Robbery
14 Abraham Matthew Male Armed Robbery
15 Henry Atadi Male Cultism
16 Osayi Iyase Male Stealing
17 Unity Agbonifo Male Stealing
18 David Junior Male Rape
Meanwhile Commissioner Kukumo has said that the Police will not rest on its oars until all the arms and ammunition carted away by the hoodlums during the #EndSARS protests are recovered.
He also promised to rearrest all prison inmates who escaped as a result of the jail break adding, “the criminal elements themselves will not know peace”.
