The Cross River State Police
Command has arrested a suspected cultist, one Ita for allegedly killing a
14-year-old David Okon for refusing to join the association.
He said members of another cult group identified as “Columbo boys,” have been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Apart from being members of a cult group, they were into armed robbery. He noted that the group had been terrorizing the Calabar metropolis for long.
CP Fadairo said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
Ita had attempted to lure the
innocent school boy into the ‘Skylo” cult group at T junction, Ikot Ekpo, 8
Miles Calabar.
However, Okon resisted him, an action which led to his killing.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo, who spoke to Crime Watch
Today on the incident, described it as terrible. He said the “Skylo” cult
group had put pressure on the deceased for several months to join them but he
refused.
Ita and his cultist group on
February 4, 2015 allegedly chased the deceased on that night and stabbed him to
death.
He said members of another cult group identified as “Columbo boys,” have been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Apart from being members of a cult group, they were into armed robbery. He noted that the group had been terrorizing the Calabar metropolis for long.
Fadairo noted that members of “Columbo boys” were involved in killing and
attempting to initiate innocent school children into their association.
They have forced some peer groups into cultism before they were rounded up by
SARS in Calabar.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), Mr. Ganiyu Salami, said “Skylo” and “Columbo boys” were strong cultist
groups terrorizing residents of Calabar before they were unmasked.
According to him, other suspected cultists in custody include, Okon,
15-years old, Effiong, 18-years Etim, 18-years and Ekpo 15-years old.
Ita spoke to Crime Watch Today: “I am a member of “Skylo” group. We used to
terrorize Calabar residents.
“When Okon was called to join the “Skylo” group, we started putting pressure on
him to join. When he was adamant by refusing to join us, we have to murder him
by stabbing him at the back,” he confessed.
Another suspect, Okon, said, “We are members of “Columbo boys.” Apart from
cultism, we robbed innocent people. We used to initiate our peer group to join
our members. We have robbed several and initiated people as members.
CP Fadairo said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
Culled from The Sun
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