Police launch manhunt for cultists, robbers in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State police command has directed its tactical teams to deal decisively with cultists and armed robbers in the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Asinim Butswat, in a statement yesterday in Yenagoa, said this is sequel to several reported cases of cultism and armed robbery in Yenagoa metropolis and its attendant consequences on public […]

The Bayelsa State police command has directed its tactical teams to deal decisively with cultists and armed robbers in the state.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Asinim Butswat, in a statement yesterday in Yenagoa, said this is sequel to several reported cases of cultism and armed robbery in Yenagoa metropolis and its attendant consequences on public safety.

He said the Commissioner of Police, Austin Iwar, has already set up seven specialized units headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the department of operations to carry out sporadic and targeted operations in flash point areas within Yenagoa metropolis.

He disclosed that operatives from the force have been dispatched to hot spots on intelligence gathering and surveillance on miscreants, and warned cultists in the state to renounce their membership, stressing that the command is poised to deal with any act of criminality decisively.

He appealed to members of the public to always volunteer useful information about activities of suspected cultists by utilizing the distress telephone numbers whenever  necessary.