In recent weeks, cultists have turned Rivers State into their safe haven where they now operate with their full chest. From the news of the beheading of a police DPO, comes another shocking revelation.
On Monday, the Rivers State Police Command paraded two suspected cultists, Baridapdo Igia and Elvis Gordon from the Kereken-Boue community of Khana Local Government Area of the state.
The allegation against them is huge and it is something the heart makes the heart wonder how far people could go for money.
Police paraded the suspects for kidnapping and burying a former Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman, Praise Daakian, alive.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, while parading the suspects alongside other 15 suspects before journalists at the Rivers State Police Command, said the suspects and his accomplices buried the victim alive after collecting ₦200,000 as part of payment for a ransom from the victim’s wife.
The Confession
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.
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“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 ₦200,000 as part of payment for his ransom from the victim’s wife.
More Revelations
“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.”
Also, CP Disu said the operatives of the command attached to C4i Intelligence also arrested one Emmanuel Essien, and Marshal Ime.
According to him, they 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, told police he had been arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned three times for sundry offences.
Now, many who will read this story will leave wondering how comes he stays in the prison so short a time. Was his jail term often too short?
