The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has directed state command commissioners of police, CPs and divisional police officers to lay dragnet for suspected cultists in Benue, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states and prosecute them accordingly.
The force spokesman, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, made this known on Tuesday in a statement in which he said the IGP is seriously worried about the activities of cultists in the listed states.
Arase, who urged parents and guardians to warn their wards and children against the social menace, said that it could jeopardize their future. He urged the youths to engage themselves in productive activities.
He said, “The Inspector General of Police, Ag IGP Solomon Arase, is seriously concerned about the activity of cult groups in Benue, Rivers, Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom states and has directed all Command Commissioners of Police and Divisional Police Officers of the affected states to arrest and prosecute any youth. engaging themselves in cult activities in order to forestall the increasing menace of this evil.
“The IGP warned all the State Police Commissioners and Divisional Police Officers to be on the lookout for these cultists and bring them to book. He however advises parents and guardians to warn their wards and children against this social menace that can jeopardize their future.
“While observing that no nation can develop if their youths, the leaders of tomorrow are involving themselves in cultism and other criminal activities, the IGP urged the youths to rather engage themselves in productive activities”.
