Akwa Ibom Police nab 54 suspected cultists as CP Amiengheme vows to enforce proscription order
-Police nab 54 suspected cultists in Akwa Ibom
– as Amiengheme vows to enforce proscription order
-Calls for inculcation, adherence to family values as SS2 Student stabbed mate to death
Following the disturbing report of cult clash in Obot Idim, Afaha Ikot Obio Nkan, Nung Udoe and Ikot Odongo, in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, which led to the death of three suspected cultists, the Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, Amiengheme Andrew, has deployed Operatives of Ibesikpo Division and Anti-Cultism Unit to restore law and order.
A total of thirty-one suspected cultists were arrested by Akwa Ibom Police.
while the operation to fish out the remaining culprits is still ongoing as sanity has since been restored to Ibesikpo Asutan and its environments.
In similar vein, (16) suspected Cultists have been arrested Akwa Ibom Police in Oruk Anam Local Government Area in connection with the Cult disturbances in Inen Clan. Suspects have confessed and made useful statements pertaining to their involvements in the killings and disruption of economic activities in the Area.
On the other hand, seven (7) suspected Cultists have also been arrested by Akwa Ibom Police in Etinan Local Government Area. While normalcy has been restored to the Area , intensive patrol is still ongoing.
In a related development, one David Joshua Okon, a student of West Itam Secondary School who stabbed and killed one Solomon Bassey, of the same School in a cult related SS2 and SS3 fight has been arrested.
However, the Commissioner of Police, while decrying the level of moral decadence in some schools and society called on Parents to inculcate family values on their children, warning that henceforth, the Proscription Order of the State Government would be enforced to the later.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, while warning those involved in CULTISM in the State to renounce, urged members of the public to go about their lawful businesses and give timely information to Police and other Security Agencies to curb the menace.
