The Imo state Police command yesterday July
6th paraded 25 suspected and prospective cult
members of some polytechnics in Imo state,
including the Alvan Ikoku College of Education
and Imo state Polytechnic.
The Police acting on a tip off from residents of
Emi village in Owerri North local government
area stormed the Emi river at about 3.30am
when initiation process for new members was
being carried out. The young men were arrested
after a gun battle with the police. Marijuana,
weapons and all manner of charms were found
with them. Continue...
However, some of the students who were
arrested said they were being initiated against
their will. One of them, Emenike Lawrence
(pictured above) said he followed one of his
friend out to see another friend who had
promised to buy them drink and it was when
they got to the bar that he was beaten and
taken to a forest for initiation
"I went out with one of his friend who said
I should follow him to go and see someone,
a friend of his. I escorted him because he
said that his friend is going to buy us drink
and that if we drink we would come back,
that is at Mission side. We reached there,
some boys came out and started beating
me. They took me inside a very big forest
and then started beating us. That was their
form of initiation before the police came
and started shooting gun." he said
Speaking about the arrest, the Imo State
Commissioner of police said Abdulmajid Ali said;
"They call them cult but I see them as
potential armed robbers, kidnappers. These
are guys that are being initiated into this
kind of horrendous crime. We are trying to
see if we can link them to the robbery,
kidnap and murder cases that we are
investigating at the moment. Although
some of them will be identified by some of
the victims.
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