The Anambra State Police Command, has arrested two members of a deadly cult gang allegedly responsible for recent killings around communities in Okija and environs in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
This was made known in a statement released on Monday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who stated that the arrest and capture happened in a special operation.
He said the operation was spearheaded by the Police Crack Squad deployed in Ihiala by the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Aderemi Adeoye.
The statement : “In a special operation spearheaded by the police crack squad deployed in Ihiala by the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Aderemi Adeoye, to provide security for the people of Ihiala during and after the festive period, one Chitana Oha, male, 25 years, alias “Kill and Bury” was arrested.
“Also nabbed was one Emmanuel Ifeanyi Okonkwo, male, 24 years alias ‘Good and Bad’
“Both suspects were arrested at their hideout at Okija within the same local government area.
“The Commissioner of Police who vowed to end the cult-related killings in Ihiala the same way he stamped out the menace in Awka capital city has directed the crack squad to go all out against the cultists and clip their wings.
“He assured members of the public that their security will continue to be the topmost priority of the command.”
These areas in Anambra State has been under siege with several.killings related to cultism with most recently the September 2023, some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums suspected to be cultists stabbed and butchered a man believed to be mentally ill in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
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