DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE UNIT (VCRU) AND COMMAND ANTI CULTISM UNIT (CACU) BURST SUSPECTED CULTISTS HIDEOUT, ARREST THIRTY-TWO SUSPECTED CULTISTS, RECOVER ONE PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, ONE CUT-TO-SIZE, ONE DOUBLE-BARREL GUN, TWO LIVE CARTRIDGES, AND ILLICIT DRUGS The Delta State Police Command in its ongoing campaign against cultism have arrested thirty-two (32) suspected cultists and the recovery of firearms, ammunition, communication equipment, and illicit drugs in separate intelligence-led operations. 1. ARREST OF TWENTY-FIVE SUSPECTED CULTISTS AND RECOVERY OF ONE PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, AND ONE CUT-TO-SIZE GUN: Acting on credible intelligence in the early hours of 16 June 2026, operatives of the Command's Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) stormed a suspected cult initiation ground at Agbarho following intelligence that members of the Eiye Confraternity allegedly linked to recent cult-related killings in Agbor were planning further acts of violenc...
By EgbemaVoice The Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF), Worldwide has called on the Ondo State Government to review the leadership of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), citing what it described as inadequate developmental impact one year after the appointment of Chairman, Prince Biyi Poroye. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Austin Ozobo, the Forum expressed concern over the pace of development in the Commission's mandate areas, particularly Ilaje and Ese-Odo Local Government Areas, despite the numerous challenges confronting oil-producing communities. According to IPF, residents continue to face poor infrastructure, inadequate healthcare services, lack of potable water, shoreline erosion, environmental degradation, and limited economic opportunities. The Forum noted that while several projects have been announced and inspected, many communities are yet to witness sufficient completed projects with tangible benefits. The group u...