It would interest you to know that on January 30, 2024, the Gambia-Ayama area of Diobu, Port Harcourt, witnessed a series of destructive clashes between rival cult groups which left several persons wounded and millions of naira lost in damage to property.
Several suspected cultists were arrested, and the case was transferred to the Anti-Cultism unit, where further investigations were carried out and in a fallout of the investigations, seven were charged to court and remanded in the correctional center, Port Harcourt.
The investigations also revealed that the leading cause of the clashes was one Ejike Samuel, a former leader of the Dey-Bam cult group.
The command Public Relations officer Grace Iringe-Koko in a statement said thirty two year old Ejike, a native of Omoku in Ogba-Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area was arrested alongside his accomplice, Victor Kokoriko, from Sampo, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
SP Iringe-Koko disclosed that Ejike has confessed to being a leader in the Castle cult group but decided to call it quits after he was restricted from interacting with his pals from a rival cult group, JVC Confraternity.
The statement quoted the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu expressing optimism that synergy between the Police and Community-Based Security outfits can yield the desired result of addressing the menace of cultism.
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