The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a nine-man gang of suspected ritualists under the name of ‘Neo Black Movement, NBM, with one full jerry can of human blood.
The suspected ritualists were
arrested at a Cemetery in Dutsen Abba Ward along the Zaria -Kaduna expressway.
ASP Mansur Hussaini, Public
Relations Officer of the Command, confirmed the arrest on Sunday.
Hussaini said their arrest
followed a tip-off after a source drew the attention of the service formation
that some group of people were sighted at the said cemetery, which in turn Saye
Lowcost Division was alerted.
He added that those arrested
for alleged involvement in ritual activities are, Samson Ezekiel (32), Samuel
Francis (27), Usman Nura (34), Gabriel Sheba (23), Haruna Sa’id (37), Bala Lukman
(27) and Jabir Rilwan (37).
The PPRO explained, “A search
was conducted on their vehicle, a Lexus sedan, with registration number RSH 712
CW, where two locally made pistols, one Beretta pistol, two jacket knives, two
calabashes and a jerrycan, full of human blood were recovered.”
He said the suspected
ritualists, comprising the new and old members, were apprehended while
initiating the new members, saying the gang confessed to getting the human
blood after slaughtering an aged man and disposing of his body along the Jaji
military cantonment, in neighbouring Igabi Local Government Area.
The suspects also confessed
that the man’s vital body parts were dismembered but were taken away by another
gang which came from Kaduna.
Following the arrest of the
seven suspected ritualists along the Zaria -Kaduna expressway, he said that two
other suspects were apprehended by the locals, at ABU Congo Conference Hotels,
along old Jos road, stressing that they are Austin Ifinju from Ondo State, aged
28 and Yoruba by tribe and Aliyu Ali Yahaya, resident of Hadu Nasko road Abuja,
aged 24. Agatu by tribe and a student of ABU Samaru.
ASP Mansur Hussaini, Public
Relations Officer of the Command confirmed the arrest, explaining that
investigations are ongoing.
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