{"id":4372,"date":"2026-01-29T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:36:42","slug":"police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operatives of CP-Special Assignment Team, CP-SAT have arrested three suspected cultists, armed robbers in Uruakpa area of Sapele, Delta State.<br \/><br \/>The suspects were arrested on 26 January 2026.<br \/><br \/>Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement in Warri.<br \/><br \/><br \/>The Police PRO said,\u201don 26 January 2026, operatives of the Command\u2019s CP\u2013Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), acting on credible intelligence, stormed a suspected criminal hideout at the Irapa area of Sapele town and arrested three (3) suspects.\u201d<br \/><br \/>According to SP Edafe, \u201cDuring the operation, three (3) suspects were arrested. They are Kome Temienoro (male, 25 years) of Jesse Community, Ethiope East LGA; Ogaga Omogene (male, 17 years) of Ugbuwe Community, Ethiope East LGA; and Biokoro Francis (male, 42 years) of Okogborode Community, Sapele LGA, all of Delta State.<br \/><br \/>\u201cA search of the premises led to the recovery of a wooden-carved pistol, a battle axe, a bulletproof vest, quantities of illicit drugs, and other incriminating items.<br \/><br \/>\u201cA white Toyota Venza vehicle, suspected to have been used for criminal operations, was also recovered.<br \/><br \/>\u201cProfiling and further investigation of the suspects are ongoing to determine the full extent of their criminal activities and possible links to cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, and other violent crimes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of CP-Special Assignment Team, CP-SAT have arrested three suspected cultists, armed robbers in Uruakpa area of Sapele, Delta State. The suspects were arrested on 26 January 2026. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement in Warri. The Police PRO said,\u201don 26 January 2026, operatives of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T12:36:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/police.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T12:36:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/police.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-bust-cult-network-recover-weapons-after-clashes-in-delta\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police bust cult network, recover weapons after clashes in Delta - 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