By Sunday Apah
The police in Delta State have arrested two suspected cultists and recovered two pump-action guns from a native doctor in the state.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, it was stated that the suspected armed robbers and cultists were arrested on June 18, 2025, at about 12:20 hrs.
The Eagle-Net Surveillance Team, stationed in Ughelli North LGA, intercepted a black Toyota Corolla with registration number RSH 90 RC, driven by one Telvin Richmond, aged 27, of Opete by Otokutu, and one Frank Obiorah, aged 26, of the same address.
According to the statement, “the vehicle and the suspects were subjected to a thorough search, during which a locally made cut-to-size gun, two yellow handbands inscribed with NBM (Neo Black Movement), one battle axe, and a wooden pistol were all concealed inside the compartments of the vehicle doors.”
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects are members of the Aiye confraternity, and one of them bought the gun in 2024 for the sum of eighty-seven thousand naira from another suspect who is currently at large.”
In an earlier development, operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad were conducting an investigation against a native doctor by the name of Okonji Chimeze, a 47-year-old resident of Umuehe Quarter, Ibusa.
On June 14, 2025, at about 06:30 hrs, acting on credible intelligence, these operatives stormed the suspect’s residence in Ibusa.
“A search warrant was executed on the premises of the suspect, during which two automatic pump-action guns and one cutlass were recovered, hidden inside the ceiling of the suspect’s room,” the statement added.
