The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of the infamous “Sai Malam” cult group, believed to be behind rising felony actions in components of the state.
The suspects, together with the alleged gang chief Usman Shu’aibu, had been apprehended on Friday throughout an intelligence-led operation executed by the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit.
In accordance with the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufa’i, the suspects confessed to being initiated into the group by a personal WhatsApp platform known as Crimson Chamber.
The police famous that additional investigation found the social media channel was created to recruit unsuspecting youths into felony actions.
These, in keeping with the assertion, embrace ritual practices, the pursuit of supposed demonic powers, acts of homosexuality, and violent thuggery.
The police warned dad and mom to intently monitor their youngsters’s on-line actions intently, noting that felony teams are more and more exploiting digital platforms to lure weak youths.
Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Musa, mentioned the arrests reply on to public issues concerning the group’s operations, including that efforts are ongoing to trace different fleeing members.
He assured residents of the command’s dedication to sustaining intelligence-driven policing and safeguarding lives and property throughout the state.
In different information, two individuals suspected to be hoodlums have been arrested by the operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a police officer to loss of life in Akure, the state capital.
The suspects, recognized as Shina Jacob, 25, and Felix Olalekan, 32, allegedly attacked the police inspector throughout an altercation at Oke-Arata inside Arakale axis.
The killing of the police officer got here a number of days after a personnel of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was stabbed to loss of life by a mentally unstable man in Oba-Ile space of Akure.
In accordance with sources, after the inspector, who was just lately transferred from the Anti-Cultism Unit to B-Division, was stabbed, the world was thrown right into a state of panic as residents and merchants hurriedly fled.
Whereas confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer within the state, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed that the officer was rushed to the hospital after he was stabbed however gave up the ghost whereas receiving therapy.
“An altercation ensued between the officer and a few recalcitrant people, throughout which the officer was tragically stabbed. This unlucky occasion triggered a direct and coordinated police response.
“Appearing swiftly, the Commissioner of Police deployed a staff of operatives to the scene, ensuing within the arrest of two suspects immediately related to the incident. They embrace Shina Jacob ‘m’ aged 25 years and Felix Olalekan ‘m’ aged 32 years.
“The injured officer was additionally rescued and rushed to the hospital; nevertheless, regardless of all efforts, the police inspector sadly handed away whereas receiving therapy. The follow-up operation carried out final evening shaped a part of the Command’s sustained and strategic efforts to rid the state of violent felony parts and stop additional breaches of public security,” Ayanlade acknowledged.”
