The Rivers State Police says it has arrested three members of Dey-Well cult group who have been a terror to alot of communities in Khana Local Government, including burgling the residence of an Army personnel.
SP Grace Iringe Koko,Spokesperson for the Rivers state Police Command in a statement on January 14,2024 said on January 2, 2024, the Police arrested three armed robbers who are members of the Dey-well cult group in Khana Local Government Area:
She gave their names of 24-year-old Thank-God Francis, 26-year-old Bariakpe Itaa and 24-year-old Golden Felix, all from the Gbam Boue community in Khana LGA.
According to SP Koko, the Police responded to intelligence reports of the gang’s operations in Gbam-Boue, Kono-Boue and other neighbouring communities and promptly arrested them.
The Police Image manager listed items recovered from the gang, after searching their houses, to include ”five pieces of military camouflage uniform, one pair of camouflage shoes, one military cap, one mobile police uniform, a small bag containing electrical tools, one live AK 47 7.6mm ammunition, one live cartridge, one solar panel, and some electrical wires suspected to have been stolen from one Gift Nuep of Uegwere Boue Community, a serving military officer attached to Borno State.
Meanwhile members of the affected communities have been in a celebratory mood as they rejoice over the arrest of the criminals who had been terrorising them for over two years.
The Police Public Relations Officer added that the suspects are in custody while investigations ongoing