Five alleged cultists arrested

By Perez Brisibe

Delta State Police Command said it killed two alleged armed robbers and arrested five suspected cultists, believed to be members of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity in Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara.

According to a  release by ASP Omo-Uwuigbe Nosakhare, on behalf of the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, the suspected cultists were arrested while holding a meeting at Onodia Palm Groove Club, Otefe-Oghara. The release hinted that the suspected armed robbers were killed along Warri/Sapele Road  and along Affianta Road, Ibusa respectively.

It noted that while one of the robbery suspects was killed during an exchange of gunfire following an encounter by a  gang with the police, the other  died from gunshot wounds on his way to hospital Aafter his three- man robbery gang, suspecting a patrol team was on its trail, opened fire on the police team with his two gang members escaping after abandoning two locally made cut-to-size guns, two battle axes and one live cartridge.