Police raid cultists initiation venue in forest, arrest 24, confiscate Indian adulterated palm wine

The police in Enugu State raided a forest in the state where cultists were conducting initiation of new members, arresting 24 members in the operation at Eke in Udi Local Government Area. The Enugu State Police Command disclosed that they raided the scene in the forest during a secret cult meeting/initiation.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement, on Wednesday, indicated that the Command’s Anti-Cultism Squad arrested the cultists, identified as members of Apache Tigers (“Two-Two”), also known as Black Beret (“BB”) Confraternity, recovering two locally made pistols, seven black berets, and a white-colored 10-litre gallon containing liquid substances suspected to be a mixture of palm wine and Indian hemp used for the initiation.

The PPRO identified to include Eze Lucky Chinemerem, 27; Igwe Chidimma Jonathan, 22; Ugwu Chiemerie, 22; Agubata Chidera, 22; Abraham Onumah, 28; Abdulraham Suleiman, 21; Chizoba Atu, 23; Sunday Victor, 23; Eneh Chidera, 28; Asadu Ejike Stephen, 25; Eze Chibuzor Emmanuel, 22; Ebuo Tochukwu Victor, 27; Ogbodo Mohammed, 32, and Gabriel Ebubechukwu, 23; Offia Emeka Emmanuel, 26; Ajoku Leo Chiemeka, 28; Onyekwelu Ugochukwu, 32; Chibuoke Chukwuemeka, 40; Chineke Chibueze, 26; Ugwu Chibuike, 35; Aneke Chidubem, 30; Ozougwu Henry, 29; Aneke Ugochukwu, 31, and Nwali Ikechukwu, 25.

The PPRO said that “they all confessed to being members of the secret cult.”

According to the PPRO, the suspects include 14 newly initiated members and 10 old members of Apache Tigers (“Two-Two”), also known as Black Beret (“BB”) Confraternity.