Two Cult Members Arrested For Possessing Police Pistol And For Shooting At A Wedding
One 26-year-old Sylvester Arikhan has been paraded by the Edo State Police force for having in his possession a police serviceable pistol.
The suspect confessed that the gun, fully loaded,was given to him by a party chieftain at the just concluded Assembly elections.
He claimed he hid the gun in his trousers as a party agent in ward 02, Unit 01, at Udomi Primary School, Irrua in Esan Central local government area of Edo in anticipation of violence from any quarters.
Sylvester Arikhan said he only got N10, 000 from the party chieftain in the area as party agent as opposed to the N150,000 originally promised, he added that he refused to return the gun to the owner who did not pay for the services rendered during the poll.
Also paraded with him was one Oboh Osomurie, 21 whose possession the gun was recovered at a hotel after Sylvester fired severally at wedding and swiftly passed the gun to him.
Oboh Osomurie said it was his brother’s wedding so they decided to fire some shots as they belong to Eiye confraternity.
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