The Delta State police command said it arrested two suspected cultists over alleged murder of a rival in the state.

The spokesman for the command, SP Bright Edafe stated this in a statement on Sunday in Warri.

Mr Edafe said the suspects were apprehended on Thursday by the command’s operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit.

He added that the operatives were acting on credible information gotten from a viral video.

Mr Edafe said the police team stormed the suspected criminals hideout in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) and effected the arrest.

“Following a viral video of some suspected cultists celebrating the murder of another suspected cultist, the police operatives stormed their hideouts and arrested two of them.

“The duo were arrested in connection with the cult-related killing of a 25-year-old man identified simply as Godfrey at Jesse Main Market, Ethiope West LGA on March 24, 2026. One battle axe, four cutlasses and one hammer were recovered during the operation,” he said.

Mr Edafe said that preliminary investigation showed that one of the fleeing suspects was vying for number one position in Aro Bagger confraternity.

Mr Edafe said the suspect, therefore, needed to murder a rival cult member for him to attain the position.

He said that the suspect currently at large, connived with the two detained suspects and a friend to the victim, who is also on the run, to perpetrate the attack.

Mr Edafe said efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects were on top gear, adding that the arrested culprits were assisting the police with useful information. 

(NAN)