The operatives of the Edo State Police Command have paraded five members of a fraud syndicate who allegedly defrauded a student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) of the sum of N9.8 million.
The police also paraded 46 other suspects allegedly involved in cult fights and killings following cult rivalry in the state.
Parading the suspects on Friday, the command’s Spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor said the syndicate members were arrested between July 9 and 10 in various locations in the state.
“The story started when the young girl, who is a student of Ambrose Allí University, Ekpoma was accosted and hypnotized by the suspect.
“She reportedly lost her senses, they seized her phone and asked her to demobilize the phone and they started withdrawing money from her account to the tune of N9.8 million”.
Chidi said the 46 suspected cultists were arrested by the operatives of the anti-kidnapping and Cyber Crime unit of the command for cultism in collaboration with the local vigilante while fighting an upsurge in cult killings and rivalry in the state.
“There was an upsurge in a cult fight and killing among rival cult groups in the state and operatives of the Anti kidnapping and Cyber unit investigating the cult fight arrested 18 suspects on July 10 and on July 13, 28 other cultists were also arrested”
He said the suspects were arrested at Okhoro, Medical, New Benin, and Ugbowo among other axis in Benin City.
According to him, the suspects have confessed to being members of various secret cult confraternities involved in the recent killings and fighting.
“The CP of Edo, Mohammed Dankwara has said that Edo people must have their peace and tranquillity Edo people are known for and he is here to fight criminals that are terrorizing the city and killing themselves,” he said.
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