Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested 18 suspects for alleged involvement in numerous crimes within the state.
Whereas parading the suspects on Saturday, the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, stated the suspects have been arrested for alleged kidnapping, cultism, armed theft and unlawful possession of firearms, amongst others.
The CP referred to as the variety of cult-related murders within the state worrying.
He stated that anybody discovered to be concerned in cultism might be prosecuted, no matter how excessive up the individual is in society.
He said that the police wouldn’t fold arms and permit criminals to carry the state for ransom, including that the police have the help of the state authorities in its quest to rid the state of criminals.
He listed the objects recovered from the suspects together with a regionally made single barrel pump pistol, two regionally made customized pistols, an AK 47 rifle, six cartridges, a car, a police walkie-talkie, an axe. , a face masks, a pack of cigarettes and Indian hemp.
He stated: “The Edo State Police Command has arrested 18 suspects for crimes starting from cultism, kidnapping and others. We’re able to test the actions of criminals within the state.
“The state is now a no-go space for cult members. The police will make sure that they can’t function and we urge mother and father to warn their youngsters to desist from cultism as anybody caught might be arrested and dropped at justice.”
Adegboye additionally cautioned officers and males to imbibe the philosophy of democratic policing with the concern of God and love for residents within the discharge of their duties.