They were arrested within the Nekede axis of Owerri, the state capital.
The suspects were said to have converged for an initiation party.
While parading the suspects, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Taiwo Lakanu, told journalists at the Command headquarters in Owerri that the Command got the information of a plan by the cultists, said to be members of AIYE confraternity, to disrupt the peace of Nekede axis during their initiation party.
The CP added that thorough investigations have begun and that the suspects will be charged to court accordingly.
He said, “Considering the spate of cultism in the state and following a tactically coordinated operation by operatives of the State Police Command through credible source stormed the initiation party organized by the cultists for new members within the Nekede area of Owerri.
“On the receipt of the information, covert operatives of the Command were promptly mobilized and dispatched to the area to monitor the situation. Notable flashpoints within Nekede and environs namely, ‘South Africa ‘, ‘Shrine Tree Square’ and Pentagon Bar Umuofocha’ were surrounded and cordoned off by ever ready operatives.
“As a result, 39 suspected cultists, who converged in the aforementioned location for initiation and other cult activities, were rounded up.
“The suspects have made useful statements confessing their membership of the Aiye confraternity. Thorough investigation has commenced with the view of charging the suspects to court accordingly,” Lakanu stated.
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