Operatives of Operation Doo Akpor of the Bayelsa State Police Command in collaboration with the vigilante members of Ogobiri Community, Sagbama local government area of the State have arrested a suspected ritualist.
The suspected male ritualist, Sunday Favour Ojo, who hails from Edo State, was arrested on September 21, 2021.
Ojo was picked up at about 11:00am at Ogobiri-Toruebeni Drive in Sagbama Local Government Area.
In a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Police Command, SP Asinmi Butswait, said the suspect lured his female victim, Deborah Emafridom, a student of Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, to a nearby bush, tied her hands and was about to slit her throat when he was apprehended by the vigilante members and police operatives.
The Commissioner, Bayelsa State Police Command, CP Echeng Echeng, commended the vigilante members for their role in the arrest.
Echeng appealed to members of the public to continue to volunteer useful information to the police and other security agencies as discreet investigation into the matter has since commenced.
