BARELY three weeks after a three-man masquerade gang was arrested for allegedly stabbing an Anglican priest in Enugu, police have again nabbed another suspect, who procured a gun for another masquerade parade in the state.
This came as two suspected cultists, described as deadly, were also arrested.
The suspect (names withheld) was arrested by police operatives attached to Udenu Police Division during their intensive stop and search operation.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed these, said the suspect was arrested for allegedly being in possession of a locally-made revolver pistol with two rounds of ammunition.
He said: “The suspect was nabbed by the eagle-eyed operatives at Ihakpu-Obollo in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State and is helping the police operatives in their investigations as he has further revealed that one of his yet-to-be arrested associates asked him to procure the gun for him which is to be used for akatakpa masquerade festival.
“The suspect, who is currently regretting his action, has confessed that most of the akatakpa masquerades use guns.
“‘Yes, akatakpa masquerade uses gun for protection recounts the sobered suspect’.
On the arrest of the cultists, the PPRO said operatives of Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, nabbed two notorious suspected cultists, who are also artisans.
One of the suspects, according to the PPRO, was arrested at the premises of Maryland Boys Secondary School, Enugu, where fight broke out as he was to be installed as the current Capon, following the departure of the former capon, who had abandoned the confraternity and ran away.
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