Cultists’ kingpin, 7 others arrested with gun, charms, axe, cocain in Anambra community

www.odogwublog.com reports that the adage that every day is for the thief and one day for the owner of

the goods manifested weekend when on a tip-off, the Special Anti

Cultism Squad, SPACS, of the Anmbra state Police command, Enugwu-Ukwu,

Njikoka Local Government Area, stormed Umuezeagu village, Anaku

community, Ayamelum Local Government Area, and arrested Ogugua

Igwebuike, the leader of a cult group, Senior Virkins Confraternity,

SVC and seven other members.

The arrival and arrest of the cultists by SPACS, it was gathered  was

greeted with jubilation by the  people in the community as the

cultists were said to have been terrorising the community and its

environs on daily basis.

Among the items recovered from them when SPACS came caling, included,

one cut- to- size locally made gun, one axe, one expended cartridge,

one barret cap, assorted charms, one knife, pieces of clothe, liquid

substance in two plastic bottles believed to be cocain/horein and a

box of matches.

Those arrested included, Ogugua Igwebuike -kingpin, Ebuka Paul

Chidukwe, Kosolu Ifene and Onwune Onuorah.

Others were, Ewele Okeke, Oloh Chike, Ogugua Maduka and Odemenam Chinedu.

Confirming the arrest, the Commander of SPACS, Mr. Christopher Bassey,

(CSP) advised parents to always monitor the type of company their

children keep adding that they would not be spared when caught adding,

"they should be made to face the wrath of the law."

He urged any one with useful information on criminals to always come

forward stating that the  identity of such informants would be

uttermostly protected.

In a similar development, an Awka Magistrate court Presided over by

Senior Magistrate Mike Anyadiegwu, has remanded 13 cultists in Prison

costudy on a three count charge of conspiracy, murder and cultism.

When the case came up for mention, the counsel to the accused, Barr.

A.R. Nzekwe applied for their bail which the Prosecuting Police

Sergeant Ikemefuna Nnamani, objected because of the nature of the

case.

After listening to both the prosecutor and defence counsel, the

Magistrate remanded them in prison custody and ordered that the case

file be transfered to the Director of Public Prosecution.

Those remanded included, abuchi Nnamani, Precious Obriki, Ikechukwu

Agumadu, Chima Nweke, Chinonso Anakweze, Ofubuike Mkpume, Nkemjika

Egbunike and Chubuzor Efobi.

Others were, Chizoba Emmanuel, Uchenna Okoye, Chukwudi Amachukwu and

Arinze Uchendu.