The Rivers state police command has raised an alarm over possible mass secret cult initiation nationwide.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the Neo Black Movement, known as Aiye or Black Axe,’ has planned mass Founder’s Day celebration of the suspected cult group which is believed to be on Sunday, 7th July.
Iringe-Koko said the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has directed all Area Commanders, DPOS and Tactical team commanders to carry out pre-emptive and response raids in all identified cult hideouts, blackspots and hotels, to ensure that the planned celebration does not hold.
Earlier, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), had called on the police and other security agencies to intensify their efforts in combating cultism, lamenting senseless killings of many promising young Nigerians, over unreasonable issues.
