The Rivers State Police Command has charged the leader of Iceland cult group terrorising Eleme Area, Barikui Amanyie, aka ‘Lawyer’ to court.
The suspect who confessed to the crime is facing two count charge of murder and cultism.
In a statement by the spokesperson of the command SP Grace Iringe-Koko said his arrest was in response to a directive given by the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, to tactical units and Divisions to intensify efforts to apprehend all wanted criminals on the watch list of the Rivers State Police Command.
The statement stated that the suspect who hails from Kaani in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been on the watch list of the Police since December 31, 2021, when he and five other members of his gang murdered one Lioneda Lebari.
The statement noted that the deceased was tracked by the gang after withdrawing his annual savings of NGN150,000 from a local thrift collector at Oil-Mill junction, where he was attacked by Amanyie and his gang and stabbed multiple times.
