The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that it has begun a house-to-house arrest of identified cultists in an intensified crackdown on cult-related activities in the state. According to the command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, the move was to either eliminate cultism or brought it to the barest minimum. Yamu disclosed that at least 28 individuals suspected to be involved in …

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has directed the Vice Chancellor of the state owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Prof Allen Agih, to fish out and expel students who engage in cult activities. Diri who gave the directive on Friday during the seventh combined convocation of the institution at Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state warned culprits …

The governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo has ordered heads of various security agencies in the State to make the state unsafe for criminal elements including cultists who have been on a killing spree for the past two weeks. As of Monday morning, not less than seven people have been killed as a result of cult-related clashes. The killings …

The management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State has suspended the institution’s ongoing second-semester examination indefinitely. The decision followed the killing of a final-year student of the institution, identified as Olaoye Fabiyi, by suspected cultists. A statement on Thursday, by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Odubela Ayotunde, said all examinations on the campus have been suspended …

The Ogun State government has created a special court, solely established to try cult-related cases in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed this on Tuesday, during a security summit organised by the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)and the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS). Alamutu, who lauded the move of the …

The Department of State Service (DSS), yesterday, invited the Chairman of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr Afolabi Odulate, and two others for questioning over the recent bloody cult clashes in the Sagamu area of the state, where 20 persons were killed. Other persons invited for interrogation by the secret Police, according to a reliable source, included the …

No fewer than 19 persons suspected to be members of different cult groups have been arrested by the police in Ogun State in connection with the recent cult clashes that left eight persons dead in the Sagamu area of the state. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, …

The Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the opposition party in the state, the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a “nest of cultists” that needs to be further investigated by the security agencies in order to make more arrests and stem the tide of cultism in the state. The Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Tunde Oladunjoye, said …

Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has approved the immediate withdrawal of Higher National Diploma certificate of AbdulRasheed Zubair Olatunji of Public Administration Department for his involvement in cultism, contrary to the matriculation oath he sworn to. In a statement by a Deputy Registrar, Mr. Olayemi Olatomi disclosed that the decision was based on the report of the Polytechnic’s Students’ Disciplinary Committee. …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a cult in Benin, the state capital. A statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspects, Bright Amadin, 34; Brown Amadin  29; and Stanley Omoregie, 27, were arrested where they converged to “forcefully initiate innocent citizens in order to mark their anniversary.” …