Police thwart cult formation, recover weapons in Delta
The Delta State Police Command has announced the thwarting of a suspected cult leader and the recovery of a pump-action firearm.
Police spokesperson, DSP Edafe Bright, said in a statement on Monday that on Monday, November 20, 2023, at around 7pm, a team of police officers acting on credible information went to an unfinished building on Mission Road in Sapele. He said he had attacked. A cult initiation was reportedly taking place.
Bright said that upon seeing police, the suspects abandoned their bags and fled in a different direction. When the bag was searched, police found a British-made pump-action rifle.
He said the recovered exhibits have been taken into custody and an investigation has been launched to identify and arrest the suspects who are at large.
In another incident, a police spokesperson said they arrested a suspected cultist and recovered a locally made cut-to-size gun.
“On November 23, 2023, at around 2:00 pm, a man (name withheld) reported at the station that an argument had been going on between him and his brother at a residence in the Umunede community one Francisco Sunday. “A male resident called the police. The community who were present at the time of the altercation were ordered to leave the premises,” Mr Bright said.
Bright said the suspect, Francis Sunday, became extremely hostile, pulled out a locally made handgun and threatened to kill anyone who tried to force him out of the residence.
He said that upon receiving the complaint, the operatives sprung into action and on November 24, 2023, at around 12:30 p.m., operatives of the Divisional Anti-Crime Patrol Team arrived at the complaint at 7 Old Agbor Road, Umunede. He added that they raided people’s residences. , where the suspect was arrested.
“Preliminary investigation led operatives to search his residence in Mbiri Community Umunede where one locally made cut-out pistol was recovered.”
The suspect and the exhibit were taken into custody and an investigation began.
However, the Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Wale Abbas, commended the efforts of the officers involved in these operations and assured that the command will continue to work tirelessly to ensure the safety of all law-abiding citizens. I assured him that he would continue.
Abbas also called on residents to cooperate with the police by providing useful, timely and reliable information to help prevent and detect crime.
Source: guardian.ng