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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Two suspected cultists have been arrested by the Bayelsa State Police Command following the death of another suspected cultist in the university town of Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government .
According to investigations, one Ebube Jonathan, a 200-level Management Science student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, and a suspected member of the Neo-Black Movement, was attacked by unidentified assailants along Kabaka Street in Amassoma.
Ebube was reportedly shot and hacked with machetes. He was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor as a result of the injuries he sustained during the attack.
The killing of Ebube prompted the police to launch a special operation, which led to the arrest of Godwin Abobu, a 300-level Fine and Applied Arts student in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, NDU, aged 24, and Tarilaefa Fesingha, aged 21.
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The two suspects, believed to be members of the Neo-Black Movement, were arrested on Ending Pele Street, Amassoma, while allegedly mobilising to avenge Ebube’s death.
Upon their arrest, the police recovered two locally made pistols, ammunition and illicit drugs from the suspects.
The Bayelsa State Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesman, DSP Musa Mohammed, reiterated the command’s commitment to tackling cultism and other violent crimes across the state.
The command warned criminal elements to desist from unlawful activities or face the full weight of the law.
It also urged members of the public to provide credible and timely information to support its ongoing efforts to rid Bayelsa State of criminality.
