Last weekend, four female cult members and five male accomplices were arrested by the Benue State Police Command during an initiation ceremony at Aune-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Commissioner, Bashir Makama at the command headquarter where the suspects were being paraded, said the gang was arrested with various charms and tools being used for the ritual. They were arrested by our men on patrol in the area.
Bashir said, “Already some of them have confessed to being members of the Red Aye cult group and they are also helping our investigations to apprehend other members of the cult gang, who have, in recent times, been tormenting their communities and its environs.”
It was gathered that , one of the suspect, Onyechai, said she was cajoled into joining the group.
She stated that “Many of us were forced to join the group. Some of my friends told me that some of the men threatened them until they were initiated”.
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