This came as
two suspected cultists, described as deadly, were also arrested.
The suspect
(names withheld) was arrested by police operatives attached to Udenu Police
Division during their intensive stop and search operation.
State Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed these, said the
suspect was arrested for allegedly being in possession of a locally-made
revolver pistol with two rounds of ammunition.
He said: “The
suspect was nabbed by the eagle-eyed operatives at Ihakpu-Obollo in Udenu Local
Government Area of Enugu State and is helping the police operatives in their
investigations as he has further revealed that one of his yet-to-be arrested
associates asked him to procure the gun for him which is to be used for
akatakpa masquerade festival.
“The suspect,
who is currently regretting his action, has confessed that most of the akatakpa
masquerades use guns.
“‘Yes,
akatakpa masquerade uses gun for protection recounts the sobered suspect’.
On the arrest
of the cultists, the PPRO said operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,
nabbed two notorious suspected cultists, who are also artisans.
One of the
suspects, according to the PPRO, was arrested at the premises of Maryland Boys
Secondary School, Enugu, where fight broke out as he was to be installed as the
current Capon, following the departure of the former capon, who had abandoned
the confraternity and ran away.
Also three
weeks after a three-man masquerade gang was arrested for allegedly stabbing an
Anglican priest in Enugu,
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