At
least 140 youths, including 40 young women have been arrested by the Police in
the Ughelli ‘A’ Division, Delta State for their alleged involvement in cult
activities.
It was learnt that the cultists,
suspected to be members of a popular cult group (name withheld) were arrested
during an End of Year /Initiation Party at a popular hotel in the Ughelli
metropolis.
Sources said, the Police, acting
on a tip-off by an undercover, stormed the hotel and effected the arrest, while
several others fled the area on sighting the armed police officers.
A source who spoke to Saturday
Vanguard on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the members of the cult
group went for the initiation party in company of their girlfriends many of
whom were alleged to belong to a female cult group called “Black Bra”.
Confirming the arrest, the Area
Commander in charge of the Ughelli Area Command, ACP Aworisola Awotunde said,
he ordered officers of the Command to invade the venue of the gathering,
following a tip off.
On the allegation that some
members of a security outfit (name withheld) were among the 140 arrested
persons who were later released on self-recognition, Awotunde said, he was not
aware of such allegation.
Meanwhile, a young man in his
early twenties, was Wednesday night allegedly shot dead by men of
Ighovoja street vigilance team in the Ughelli metropolis. The deceased
who was identified as Akpos Atile, a native of Ihwremaro-Ughelli community, was
reportedly lured out of his house at about 9 pm with a telephone
call.
The deceased, a bricklayer,
according to a dependable source, was dragged to a nearby street, where his
corpse was found the following morning.
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