Delta poly student, one other killed as 11 cultists from Edo arrested in Ondo

Two persons, including a 19-year-old student of the state polytechnic, Oghara, were killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants throwing residents of Ndokwaa West council area of Delta state into confusion.
Though the circumstances surrounding their death were hazy at press time, sources said the deceased were killed by suspected cultists.
It was gathered that one of the deceased was stabbed at Umusam area of the community and later gave up the ghost hours after he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The other victim, a student of Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, identified as Chukuemeka Onuoha, was shot dead in his family house.
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state Command, Celestina Kalu, said one Mr. Emma Onuoha who hails from Imo State and resides at 33, Isumpe Road, Kwale, had reported that a group of boys had forced themselves into his house in the early hours of Saturday and shot his son, Chukuemeka, on the chest.
She said the victim was confirmed dead at Brema Hospital, Kwale, adding that the corpse had been deposited at St Luke Hospital Mortuary.
Kalu said no arrest had been made and maintained that police had commenced investigations into the matter.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in the town as soldiers, men of Kwale Police Division and the Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps have intensified patrol in the area.
President, Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps, Mr. Austin Ogwu-Chinuwa, in his reaction, advised youths in the area to shun cultism, saying they were looking towards organising a symposium for the youths and cultists willing to renounce membership of their cult groups.
11 cultists from Edo arrested in Ondo
Ondo State Police Command have arrested 11 suspected cultists in Owo area of the state, shortly after they were initiated as members of Aye confraternity in the bush along Owo/Ifon Expressroad.
The suspects came from Uzeba in the neighbouring Edo State for the initiation, and were rounded up while returning to their base in Edo.
It was learned that the Anti-Crime Patrol team, led by Owo Area Commander, Eboka Friday, arrested the suspects.
Contacted, police spokesman in the state, Femi Joseph, said the suspects had made confessional statements that they were in Owo town for initiation.
On how they were nabbed, Joseph noted that the body language of the suspects and the blood-stained polythene bags found on them aroused suspicion that led to their arrest and subsequent detention.
Joseph assured that all the suspects would soon be charged to court, after the completion of investigations, adding that the command would make the state hot for criminals.

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