The rising number of youths involved in cultism in Imo State has become a source of worry to the police as many of the suspects arrested have been linked to kidnapping and armed robbery.
According to the statistics released by the police, over 1,103 cult members had been arrested in the last four months. Majority of the suspects were said to have operated as both link and major actors in kidnapping, armed robbery, assassinations, gang rapping and drug paddling.
Parading some of them in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs. Joy Elemoko, said: “These cult group members are major cause of the problems facing the society because they are the set of persons that act without any remorse of conscience, they have been terrorising the state in the last four months.”
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She said some of them were arrested on their way to initiation, while others were apprehended during disruption of ceremonies and cult rival clashes. Elemoko said: “It may sound unimaginable to note that within this period about 1,103 suspected cult members have been arrested. Surprisingly, most of the suspects are secondary school students. .
“Most of their innocent faces will hardly make one believe they can hurt a fly not to talk of involving in crime until one falls victim or witnesses their heartless, callous and evil escapades.”
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