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Police parade 129 suspected cultists, others in Anambra

Police parade 129 suspected cultists, others in Anambra

No fewer than 129 suspects were on Monday, paraded by the Anambra State Police Command for various crimes such as cultism, murder and armed robbery.

The state Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, who paraded the suspects before journalists, said 34 suspected cultists responsible for a series of attacks in Awka were among those paraded.

Adeoye added that 30 of the suspects were arrested for alleged involvement in insurgency; 39 for armed robbery; 38 for cultism, and 22 were kidnap suspects.

The police also paraded five suspected vandals of the newly-constructed 2nd Niger Bridge before newsmen on Monday in Amawbia near Awka.

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Among those paraded is a suspect arrested while vandalising the office of the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka.

The six were among 129 suspected armed robbers, cultists, insurgents and vandals paraded by Mr Aderemi Adeoye, Commissioner of Police in Anambra.

Adeoye said police in Anambra also rescued 24 kidnap victims including 18 passengers of a bus hijacked at Amorka in the Ihiala area of the state while travelling from Port Harcourt to Lagos.

The police boss said they recovered 93 ammunition, 25 motor vehicles, 26 firearms, 14 tricycles, seven motorcycles, and one roll of armoured cables and iron grill stolen from the 2nd Niger Bridge.

The police displayed vehicles, charms, and hard drugs seized from the suspects before newsmen.

Police parade 129 suspected cultists, others in Anambra

(NAN)

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