Operatives of FCT Police Command have arrested 13 suspected members of Aiye and Arobaga confraternity cult groups.
The suspects, according to the police, were responsible for terrorising Apo area of Abuja and its environs.
The police in a statement in Abuja yesterday by the Command’s Spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said their arrest was sequel to intelligence gathered after a recent violent clash between the two rival cult groups.
The suspects arrested are Nonso Nnaji, Chukwuebuka Charlse Okoye, Sunday Ogbodo, Peter Chinedu, Jude Ezeh, Agha Henry, Ndubisi John, Johnson Victor, Johnson Victor, Ikenna Ejike a.k.a Gorilla, Fredric Emeje, Micheal Omaliko, and Emeka Joseph.
Manzah said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Bello has directed that the suspects be transferred to the Command Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) for discreet investigation.
The suspects, he said, will be charged to court.
He advised parents and guardians to pay closer attention to the activities of their children, especially the places they go and the kind of friends they keep.