Delta Police Arrests 11 Cultists, 12 year Old Girl Raped by 7 boys as Part of Initiation rites

By Our Correspondent

The Delta State Police Command has arrest 11 street cultists including a 12 years old girl who was raped by seven boys as part of her initiation rites into a cult in Warri recently

The teenage female cultist who was arrested along the 11 cultists over bloody crisis between two rival street cults was said said to have made the confession after the arrest.

According to police investigations, the rival street cult groups had lost each of their member to the crisis which was said to have affected the night life at Ginuwa, Okandeji, Lower Erejuwa Road, Ometan and Essi Layout and the popular Igbudu Market area of Warri as residents and traders in these areas have been compelled to be observing self imposed curfew  6am to 6pm since the crisis started on Sunday, September 28 , 2014.

It was gathered that the police had a difficult time in its initial attempt to arrest members of feuding cult, as mothers and women in  an area where they lived resisted the arrest before a reinforcement was made by the police in the unholy hours of the day. Even after the arrest, some parents of the arrested cultists were said to have approached the DPO in charge of the police station where the cultists are cooling off for negotiation for their bail.

Residents and security vigilante men in the affected area are divided in their assessment of police ability in handling the situation and combating the high crime wave in the area.

However, some gave the police kudos from the arrest made so far and their constant patrol of the area. While others attributed the cause of the high crime wave in the area to the frequent release of arrested cultists and other hoodlums, a situation they said have cost the lives of gallant civilian crime busters such as ‘Omones and ‘Kpufman.’

A resident who pleaded anonymity noted that the released criminals and cultists often go after the lives of those that led to their arrest. So this is why nobody is willing to give useful information or assist the police in combating crime in this area, he added.

“Omones and Kpufman who tried it paid dearly with their lives because of the funny way the criminals are being granted bail by the police. Call it business if you like. Even journalists in our area are not interested in reporting these ugly issues for obvious reason. It is that bad. The cultists are not ghosts but nobody wants to stick out his neck.”

Speaking in the same vain a lawyer who lives in the area and who also pleaded anonymity vowed that it is not going to be business as usual as he said he is interested in what will be the outcome of those arrested in connection of the ongoing bloody clash between the rival street cults in the area.