Two suspected cult members, Baridapdo Igia and Elvis Gordon, from the Kereken-Boue community of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State were paraded by the police on Monday over alleged murder.
The suspects were accused of abducting and burying a former Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman, Praise Daakian, alive.
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Olatunji Disu, while parading the suspects alongside other 15 suspects before journalists at the Rivers State Police Command, said the suspects and their accomplices buried the victim alive after collecting N200,000 as part of payment for a ransom from the victim’s wife.
He said, “Anti-Cultism Unit arrested Baridapdo Igia, 33yrs ‘m’ and Elvis Gordon, 26yrs ‘m’, two suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in Kereken-Boue community of Khana Local Government Area. After a series of interrogations, the duo confessed to being leaders of Iceland and Degbam cult groups in Khana Local Government Area, respectively and have been terrorising Khana Local Government Area for the past three years.
“During interrogations, they also admitted to kidnapping and burying alive one Praise Daakian, a former CDC Chairman in Khana Local Government Area. They murdered the victim after collecting the sum of NGN200,000 as part of payment for his ransom from the victim’s wife.
“The duo also confessed to murdering nine other victims from 2021 to 2023 and were the main reason for the partial evacuation of the community within this same period. Investigations are still ongoing to uncover the full scale of the suspects’ operations.”
CP Disu said the operatives of the command attached to C4i Intelligence also arrested one Emmanuel Essien, and Marshal Ime whom he said confessed to being members of a four-man armed robbery syndicate responsible for terrorising parts of Port Harcourt in recent times.
He said one of the suspects, Essien Emmanuel, disclosed to the operatives that he had been arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned three times for sundry offences.
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It’s unfortunate the way and manner cultism, kidnapping is growing in Rivers State. It does seam that the new administration of Siminalay Fubura is yet to initiate new security policy in the state. And the Ogoni axis of the State has been in the news lately. The Governor should put plans in place to ride the state of criminalities.
Ahh this cultists the get heat ohh but in that their actions they need to be questions because some body is behind the actions
Cultism Doesn’t pay you any money rather evil Association corrupts Good manners.young Boys and Girls Start Learning your lessons.who paid you Guys and how much,to Bury your Chairman Alive?
But people are wicked,how can people created by God could be this wicked?,what is the life of today turning into?God have mercy on us.the security agent should make them pay dearly for their crime
This is what our generation has been come, heart hearted human being, no conscience, wicked to the call, this is wickness in high places.
Ahhh jesus me self no know what this country is turning into and I don’t know maybe we youth are not even learning every blesses day
What is this country turning into now? Why will a reasonable person be involved in cultism? It is common thing in those area.