Nsugbe community rattled as Anambra Police arrest four suspected cultists in violent clash

Anambra State Police Command, in a joint operation with local vigilante operatives, has arrested four suspected cultists following a violent clash at Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area (LGA).

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on the 16th of September, 2025, armed miscreants suspected to be cultists were sighted attacking one another with cutlasses, broken bottles, daggers and other dangerous weapons behind Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe.

A swift response by a combined Police/Vigilante team led to the arrest of the following suspects: Oyachonam Friday, 26, Akachukwu Ekwenze,23, David Chukwuma, 25, Eziolise Aloysius, 23, while others escaped into nearby bushes.

During the fracas, one of the suspects, David Chukwuma, sustained machete cuts. He has been provided with medical care and is currently responding to treatment for onward necessary action by the operatives.

The suspects have all confessed to being members of the dreaded “AYES” confraternity. The Case is currently under investigation, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing cultists.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, reassured Ndi Anambra that the Command remains relentless in its fight against cultism and other forms of violent crimes in the State.