Edo police capture 53 thought cultists

The Edo State Magistrate of Police, Mohammed Dankwara, on Friday, said 53 people had been captured regarding faction related exercises in the state.

Dankwara revealed this in a proclamation made accessible to our journalist in Benin, the state capital.

He cautioned residents and associations in the state to quit backing faction bunches by giving strategies to their detestable exercises.

The assertion read, “It would be reviewed that as of late there was an upsurge in secret faction exercises and killings in the state where a few unremarkable cultists had stealthy gatherings in lodgings, condos, parlors, houses and savoring joints various areas in the city and examined how to assault and kill their apparent opponent mystery religion individuals, which came about into the killing of certain people.

I had to meet with my management and command tactical teams because of this. Eventually, I provided a walking request to them to go into the roads, smoke out the cultists and capture them all.

53 male suspects were apprehended in a variety of locations by the command’s anti-cultism, anti-kidnapping, and cybercrime units, working with the Edo State Security Network and acting on reliable information. The suspects have been profiled, examined and handled to court, and as I talk, they are in jail

“In a bid to extend thoughts in finding arrangements in battling the scourge of mystery religion exercises and killings in the state, I had a gathering for certain concerned residents in my office and after a tranquil pondering, we emerged for certain dependable and serviceable arrangements, of which I can’t reveal at this gathering until they are executed and designated results are accomplished.”

The police manager cautioned secret religion individuals to stop their exercises or leave the state.