Police arrest two suspects with pistol, bullet in Delta

<p>In the video being circulated, the corpse of the victims were lumped in a wheelbarrow, while the suspects were made to push them in turns.</p>, <p>But the state police command in a press release by its spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the matter was a case of murder, and not connected with ritual killings.</p>, <p>A man filming the incident said the suspects had killed three persons with the intention to use them for money rituals before they were caught by villagers.</p>, <p>The suspects, a male and female, were stripped naked by the mob in a trending video on social media.</p>, <p>Police operatives from Agbor Division in Delta State on routine anti-crime patrol have arrested two suspects with a locally fabricated pistol and a live bullet.</p>, <p>“To set the records straight, it is not a case of ritual killing, but a pure incident of murder. Preliminary information reveals that the two culprits a man and a woman who were humiliated and paraded as shown in the video by the angry mob were erroneously accused by the mob as they were seen at the scene where the murder took place.</p>, <p>The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, following credible intelligence linking them with suspected internet-related fraud.</p>, <p>Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested identical twins, Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter, and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State.</p>, <p>According to him: “The team sighted a motorcycle with three passengers, carrying a bag. On sighting the police officers, two of the passengers, Collins Anthony and Stephen Goddey, both residents of Agbor community, jumped out of the motorcycle and took to their heels, but the police officers went after them and arrested them.”</p>, <p>Preliminary investigations showed that while some of the suspects specialized in love scams, others engaged in fraudulent impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.</p>, <p>Ikenga said the men of the command, upo