Three Soldiers, 22 Others Arrested for Cultism in Maiduguri

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Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri

Three soldiers and 22 others, mostly undergraduates were yesterday arrested by security operatives in Maiduguri,  Borno State in the ongoing clampdown on alleged cultists group in the troubled state.

According to the Borno State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Aliyu who paraded the suspects, they belong to a group, Neo Black Movement (NBM), which has members cutting across students of higher institutions in Maiduguri, business community and personnel of the Nigerian Army.

Parading the suspects before reporters, the Borno Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, said the group were caught at about 2a.m. in a hotel built at a deserted area of Maiduguri during an initiation process.

Aliyu, who was flanked at the briefing by both the heads of Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state, said: “The strategies put in place have again yielded results as 25 members of Neo Black Movement (NBM) were arrested for…



Source: Thisday Newspaper