Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have made a significant breakthrough, recovering seven packs of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), along with arms and ammunition, from a suspected armed robbery and cult gang hideout located at Ogwu waterside in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt metropolis.
During the raid on the hideout, law enforcement agents seized three AK-47 rifles, one assault rifle, six AK-47 magazines, one Beretta pistol, as well as 274 rounds of 7.6mm live ammunition, 105 rounds of 6.55 live ammunition, and nine rounds of .9mm ammunition.
Grace Iringe-Koko, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, disclosed in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the recovery operation followed the arrest of a 25-year-old suspected cultist, Samuel Nwokoma. Nwokoma, a member of the Blood Star cult group, was apprehended by operatives of the C4i Strike Force in collaboration with members of the Diobu Vigilante group.
Iringe-Koko further revealed that Nwokoma has been linked to a series of cult-related killings within the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, shedding light on the gravity of the situation.
