Anambra Police Command has apprehended 16 alleged cult members terrorising and killing people in the capital city of Awka.
The Command declared 21 others wanted.
Awka capital city has witnessed many cult- related killings in the past one month with no fewer than 34 persons killed since Easter.
The killings made member, representing Awka South 1 constituency, Hon. Henry Mbachu and other stakeholders to raise the alarm last Tuesday, saying enough was enough
The lawmaker and the other stakeholders of Awka origin said they would hold a summit in May to find a lasting solution to the mayhem
However, the Police Command arrested no fewer than 16 alleged suspects involved in the mayhem.
In a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police ,SP, said 21 others suspected to be involved in the killings were on the run and declared wanted
He said the arrested cultists were nabbed during series of intelligence-led manhunt and detained on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye.
He said the CP and other senior officers had vowed that cultists responsible for the spate of killings in the capital must pay for their crimes.
