Five Teenagers, Others Arrested For Robbery, Cultism In Anambra

No fewer than seven suspects, including five teenagers, have been arrested in Anambra State for cultism and robbery. Disclosing the arrest in a statement on Saturday night, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspects were nabbed on Friday. Accused of terrorising Anambra State residents, the police spokesman stated that they were apprehended when some police operatives from the Special Anti-Cult Squad were on patrol along UNIZIK Junction in the area on the fateful day. He said that at the junction, the operatives intercepted a tricycle and arrested five male occupants of the tricycle, including its rider. “Operatives in a bid to question them, the occupants took to their heels. While the others escaped, Chukwuemka Ozoekwe was arrested,” he said. Mr Ikenga said Mr Ozoekwe later led the police operatives to their hideout where two other suspects – Chidozie Anagor, 18, and Chukwuemeka Oyeoka, 18 – were arrested. “Also during the raid operation