Barely 24 hours after Core News reported an ongoing cult war which has claimed over 30 lives in Enugu, Nsukka and other communities in Enugu State, the State Police Command has arrested 26 persons suspected to be involved in the clash.
Core News had also called out the State Police Command and the State Government for keeping silent in the face of the gruesome cult-induced murders in the state.
In a statement on Thursday, the Police Spokesman in Enugu State, Daniel Ndukwe said that the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani has ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and heads of Tactical Teams of the state command to use all the operational and intelligence resources at their disposal to further clamp down on the criminal elements and bring them to justice.
He said that the move is considering the arrest of 26 male suspects between the ages of 18 and 40 years, at different locations in the State, by Police Operatives of the Command’s Anti-cultism Squad.
According to him, the suspects, all linked to the crime, confessed to being members of Supreme Vikings and Black Axe Confraternities that are respectively involved in the cult war.
Part of the statement indicated that, “Preliminary investigations reveal that some members of Black Axe confraternity, on 29/03/2023 at about 2230 hrs, conspired, shot and injured a member of Supreme Vikings confraternity in the arm, at Emene, Enugu.
“On receipt of the information, members of Supreme Vikings confraternity, in solidarity with their murdered member, conspired and declared war against members of Black Axe confraternity, which has led to counter and counter murderous armed attacks between the secret cult groups in different parts of Enugu metropolis, Agbani and Nsukka areas of the State.
“The investigations further reveal that the attacks have led to the murder of a yet-to-be ascertained number of individuals on different dates and times in the mentioned locations.
“The suspects were today, 20/04/2023, arraigned in court and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre; while frantic operational and investigative efforts are on course to apprehend and bring other perpetrators of the act to book.”
He also said that the Commissioner has urged parents, guardians, community and religious leaders in the State to caution and dissuade their children, wards, or subjects from partaking in secret cultism and its related criminal activities.
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