Police arrest seven suspected female cultists in Akwa Ibom
The women were arrested alongside 12 men.
The women were arrested alongside 12 men.
The anti-grazing law targets the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Benue.
The command denies torturing suspects.
Assorted arms and ammunition, including two G3 rifles, two pump action rifles, were recovered.
The advice, he said, became necessary to make Bayelsa the safest state in the country.
A woman accused of providing their meeting venue was also arrested.
Some of the suspects have been arrested.
The incident took place in Omoku.
The governor pledged to provide money and jobs to repentant criminals.
The suspect, a corporal, said he was being framed.
The suspects reportedly confessed to killing a notorious cult leader.
The police say the two suspects are members of a deadly cult group terrorising Ago Iwoye and its environs.
The APC says those killed were its members, accusing the police of covering up the killers.
He says 27 vehicles were recovered while1,028 hoodlums were arrested during raids of black spots during the period.
A 65-year-old woman, Adejoke Adefuye, was killed during the Bariga cult clash.
The suspects were apprehended by a vigilante group.
The accused persons may be sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction.
The police chief says the shooting deadly criminals at sight will not amount to extrajudicial killing.
The Ogun State police has read the riot act to criminal in the state.
The police was tipped off by the Pyrates Confraternity in the state. About 53 suspected cultists from the Federal University ...
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