The police in Rivers State have arrested a final year student of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, in the course of a cult initiation ceremony near the back gate of the university.
A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, has it that a graduate of Cross River State University was also arrested during the ceremony, adding that a Beretta pistol and three rounds of 9mm ammunition were among items recovered from the cultists.
He further stated that the Police also foiled what would have been a major cult clash between two rival cult groups at Okwuzi in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, stressing that seven suspected cultists equally got arrested through the intervention of the Police.
Hear him: “Similarly, on same day at about 1:30p.m., information received had it that some suspected cultists were sighted with arms near the back gate of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Port Harcourt, initiating new members.
“A team of policemen stormed the area and arrested the suspects.”
Police spokesman went on to enjoin members of the public to assist the security agancy with useful information that would help them fight crime to a standstill in the state.
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