Police arrest 4 suspected cultists in Calabar, recover arms

The Police in Cross River State have arrested four suspected cultists in Calabar for allegedly killing a rival cultist, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The police said in a statement made available to NAN by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Irene Ugbo, on Sunday in Calabar, that the suspects were arrested on May 11, […]

The Police in Cross River State have arrested four suspected cultists in Calabar for allegedly killing a rival cultist, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The police said in a statement made available to NAN by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Irene Ugbo, on Sunday in Calabar, that the suspects were arrested on May 11, in Calabar.

“On May 11, on receipt of a distress call that cultists had killed a rival cultist in Calabar, a team of Anti-Cultism unit of the police mobilised to Ekpo Abasi Roundabout where four suspected cultists were arrested.

“They were arrested in a car with Registration Number DUK 934 and three locally made pistols, one axe and a hammer were recovered from them.

“The suspects confessed to have committed the crime and they will soon be charged to court,’’ she said.