40 suspected cultists arrested during initiation in Delta

No fewer than 40 suspected cultists as well as some members of vigilante group keeping watch for the cultists during their initiation in Ubulu-Unor, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state, have been arrested by the state police command.

It was gathered that the suspected cultists and the vigilantes keeping watch for them were arrested on Saturday night.

According to the acting spokesman for the Delta state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, the Anti-Cult Unit of the command got intelligence that members of a confraternity would be carrying out an initiation in the area.

He said; “Credible information and intelligence gathered over a period of time by the Delta State Police Command’s Anti-Cult Unit revealed that the Aiye Confraternity would be carrying out an initiation in the Ubulu-Unor bush.

“The SACU operatives mobilised to the scene and arrested 40 male suspected cultists.

“When the police got to the venue of the initiation, some armed men, who claimed to be members of the Ubulu-Unor Vigilante group, were seen keeping watch and aiding the said cultists to carry out their initiation and they were also arrested.”

He disclosed that the police recovered a revolver pistol with 11 pieces of live ammunition, one locally-made single-barrelled gun, one pump action gun, eight vehicles and one Mitsubishi pickup van with the inscription, ‘Ubulu-Unor Vigilante’, among others, from the cultists.