*I was initiated at the age of 11
* I have butchered many rivals, but never killed
A 16-year-old junior
secondary school three (JSS3) student, Ochuko Okpako, was yesterday paraded by
the Joint Task Force in Effurun, Warri, Delta State, for alleged involvement in
secret cult activities.
Okpako, who was arrested
along with three of his cult members, was picked up by JTF operatives in
Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state when they were
reportedly unleashing mayhem on members of rival cult group.
JTF sources said the
gang the suspect were members of a cult gang which recently engaged him
cannibalism by roasting and eating the body parts of a victim who was hacked to
death with machete.
Ochuko, however denied
involvement in that incident but confessed to our report that: "I am an
Eiye member, we were arrested when we clash with some Bagga (Red Beret) members
in a revenge mission.
Ochuko
"They had earlier
scattered my mother's house and I had to mobilize my members and attack them
back," he added.
He told our reporter
that he joined the Eiye Confraternity at the age of 11 when he was a primary four pupil of Agbarho Model Primary
School, adding that he was 'blended' in
the bush by leaders of the cult who initiated him by asking him to drink an
admixture of wine and other concoctions.
"They (cult
leaders) told me during the initiation that I would be popular and would have a
lot of fans and that if anything happens to me, if anybody dares me they would
'get my back'," he added.
The suspect, who said he
had taken part in the attacks of many rivals, said they were balmed (fortified) with various charms
during operations.
Ochuko and other alleged members of the cult
Speaking with our
reporter after the parade, Commander, 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army and head
of the Warri Sector of JTF, Lt. Colonel I. Otu, regretted that Ochuku and
others arrested during the raid were youths who should be putting their times
to use that would improve their future and better the society.
The Army top brass also
paraded a 41-year-old old man, who was allegedly arrested while escaping with a
nine-year-old kidnap victim, Master Ogheneobruke Gbogbo, at Ovwian, Udu Local
Government Area of the state.
The suspect, Mr. John
Panama, reportedly hijacked the child and was fleeing away when the child's
father stumbled on the scene and rescued his child.
Panama however told
newsmen that he took the child because he thought he was his friend's son,
adding that he never meant to abscond with.
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