I Am A Cultist, Not An Armed Robber, Abia State Polytechnic Final Year Student Confesses

A 25-year-old final year student of Public Administration, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Samuel Effiong, who was paraded among armed robbers has confessed that he is a cultist and not an armed robber.

Effiong was arrested for robbery but he has confessed that he is a member of the Supreme Viking fraternity and was arrested after a revenge mission on a rival cult group, the Black Axe.

He explained that members of the Black Axe, had attacked a member of his group, robbed him of his phone, money and inflicted machete cuts on him.

He said: “That our member reported the matter to us and we decided to intervene immediately. While going to meet them, we saw some members of Black Axe group.

“We asked them why they attacked our member and we also asked them to return the phone but they refused. Then, we started fighting. I was sleeping in my house when the police came and arrested me.”

“The guns (which the police recovered) are not mine; I don’t know how they got the guns. I have sold the phones we collected from them Black Axe members.”

According to him, he joined cultism because he needed to keep a relationship, having lost his parents years ago.

Effiong was arrested in an uncompleted building at Umuwaya Ohuru Isimiri, Aba alongside his accomplice, Obioma Ubani.

The commissioner who confirmed the incident said the suspect and four others robbed the occupants of 16, Anyaumunna Street, Eziama, Aba. Alot of money was stolen by the gangs and some of their other belongings.