Rivers State Police Command has arrested 93 persons suspected to be involved in cultism, kidnapping, Armed Robbery and Human Trafficking in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Usman Belel, who revealed this to journalists while parading the suspects at the Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt, said the suspects were arrested in different locations of the state.
Belel said the achievement was recorded within one week of his assumption of duty.
He disclosed that 36 suspected cultists, 17 kidnappers, 30 Armed Robbers and five Human traffickers were arrested, while four suspects were fatally wounded, with five victims of kidnap rescued.
According to CP Belel “On January 5, 2019 at about 8:30pm, Operatives of the Anti Cultism Unit led by Inspr Attah Alih, while responding to a distress call at Eteo in Eleme, where a pregnant woman by name Dorcas Obari Philip was shot and killed by the cultists.
“Investigation led to the arrest of one Loveday Emmanuel a self confessed cult leader popularly known as (Point Man) of the Icelander cult group. He was arrested alongside Kenneth Gomba and Monday Obaa. On investigation they confessed, that about five of them on January 5, 2019 went to assassinate one Obari Philip, the husband of the deceased but when the man saw them, he fled through the backyard, they in turn shot and killed his wife.
“They also confessed to have kidnapped one Kaheed Mutari at Eteo, where they collected the sum of five Hundred thousand naira (N500, 000.00) and dispossessed him if his Hyundai Soyanta car. The suspects have confessed to series of kidnapping operations carried out by their gang within Elements and its environ.
“The suspects are; Loveday Emmanuel, Kenneth Eromba, Monday Obaa, Godfrey Chattey, Charles Obaa and George Plunge.”
However, CP Belel assured that the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution.
“The suspects are being investigated and making useful confessions at the end of which they will be charged to court”
He urged the general public to support the police in their fight against crime and criminality in the state.
Some of the suspects who spoke with our correspondent, confessed to crime and pleaded for mercy.
