Police Foil Cult Clash, Arrest Suspect

A 25-year-old Maduka Okoye from Abagana has been arrested by the Anti Cult unit of the Anambra State Police Command stationed at Enugwu Ukwu on Saturday, 25th January 2025, after a shooting scene in the Ezechike community of Abagana.

Okoye was arrested on credible intelligence of being a member of the Baggars Confraternity.

In a statement by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Public Relations Officer of the Command on Sunday, the suspect that he was in a beer parlour drinking with his friend in the area when they came under attack by members of the rival cult group identified as Axe Men Confraternity.

While efforts are being made to arrest fleeing members of the gang, particularly those involved in the shooting, and identify members of the rival cult with the help of the suspect, the Police team recovered three expended cartridges of a pump action gun at a shooting scene in Ezichike Community of Abagana.

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