Police in the nation’s capital have arrested seventeen suspects for cultism along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe, and Kurudma axis.
The command’s spokesperson, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement said that the suspects were arrested by the anti-cultism unit during raids and patrols between April 5 and 9, 2021.
Mrs Yusuf said the suspects confessed to being members of Vikings and Aro Baga confraternities, terrorizing the affected areas.
Locally-made pistols, live ammunition, cartridges, knives, chains, axes, cutlasses, wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, and charms were recovered from the suspects.
The police spokesperson said that all the suspects would be arraigned after an investigation had been concluded.
She urged residents to report all suspicious activities to the police.
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