The Imo state Police command yesterday July 6th paraded
25 suspected and prospective cult members of some
polytechnics in Imo state, including the Alvan Ikoku College
of Education and Imo state Polytechnic.
The Police acting on a tip off from residents of Emi village in
Owerri North local government area stormed the Emi river
at about 3.30am when initiation process for new members
was being carried out. The young men were arrested after
a gun battle with the police. Marijuana, weapons and all
manner of charms were found with them. Continue...
However, some of the students who were arrested said
they were being initiated against their will. One of them,
Emenike Lawrence said he followed one of
his friend out to see another friend who had promised to
buy them drink and it was when they got to the bar that
he was beaten and taken to a forest for initiation
"I went out with one of his friend who said I should
follow him to go and see someone, a friend of his. I
escorted him because he said that his friend is going to
buy us drink and that if we drink we would come back,
that is at Mission side. We reached there, some boys
came out and started beating me. They took me inside
a very big forest and then started beating us. That was
their form of initiation before the police came and
started shooting gun." he said
Speaking about the arrest, the Imo State Commissioner of
police said Abdulmajid Ali said;
"They call them cult but I see them as potential armed
robbers, kidnappers. These are guys that are being
initiated into this kind of horrendous crime. We are
trying to see if we can link them to the robbery, kidnap
and murder cases that we are investigating at the
moment. Although some of them will be identified by
some of the victims.
The report starts at 1.30 mark...
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