Tina Amanda
The Rivers State Police Command had in the early hours of Monday and Tuesday, respectively, raided the waterfront areas in Mile 1 and Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt.
The raid followed information that the said areas are suspected to be hideouts of cultists.
A total number of fifty-five suspects were arrested and brought in for questioning.
A resident of the area informed our Correspondent that a combined team of personnel drawn from the Anti-Cultism, Octopus Strike Force, Mile 1 Police, and Azikiwe Police stations all joined forces in the raid.
The Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko in an interview with our Correspondent confirmed the raid and arrest of suspects.
Iringe-Koko, however, said that the raid is in connection with the recent cult clashes in the area while adding that the arrested suspects are being profiled and any one found culpable will be arraigned in court at the end of the investigation.
The raid comes five days after the warring cult groups in Diobu reportedly agreed to a peace deal last Wednesday and declared a cease-fire in a cult war that claimed some lives.
