Police arrest suspected cultist with pistol, live cartridge in Imo

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command, successful synergy with the State Security Organization, person arrested a suspected cultist and recovered from him, a firearm successful Nekede, Owerri West LGA.

The arrest, according to the Command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, followed credible quality connected suspicious movements on Old Nekede Road successful the aboriginal hours of March 21, 2026.
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‎Okoye said that acting swiftly connected the intelligence, the Operatives mobilized to the country and apprehended 1 Bright Chidi, a 26-year-old male.

One locally made single-barrel pistol and 1 unrecorded cartridge were recovered from him.
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The police‎ spokesperson, hinted that during preliminary interrogation, the fishy confessed to being a subordinate of the Vikings Confraternity, a cult radical linked to convulsive transgression activities wrong the area.

He stated that the lawsuit has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for consolidation of investigation, portion efforts are ongoing to apprehend different members of the syndicate.
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“‎To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Garba Bosso, has ordered a sustained intelligence-led crackdown connected transgression elements crossed the authorities and urges residents to enactment the constabulary and...