{"id":127436,"date":"2023-12-04T23:04:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/cultists-buried-ex-community-chairman-alive-in-rivers-police\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T23:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:04:51","slug":"cultists-buried-ex-community-chairman-alive-in-rivers-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/cultists-buried-ex-community-chairman-alive-in-rivers-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultists Buried Ex-Community Chairman Alive In Rivers \u2013 Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The operatives of Rivers Police Command have arrested two persons accused of kidnapping and burying alive Praise Daakian, a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue, Khana Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, while parading the suspects alongside other 15 suspects before journalists, on Monday, said that the culprits and his accomplices buried the victim alive after collecting N200,000 as part of payment for a ransom from the victim\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAnti-Cultism Unit arrested Baridapdo Igia, 33yrs \u2018m\u2019 and Elvis Gordon, 26yrs \u2018m\u2019, two suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in Kereken-Boue community of Khana Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a062 Passengers Escape Death As Aircraft Skids Off Runway In Rivers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a series of interrogations, the duo confessed to being leaders of Iceland and Degbam cult groups in Khana Local Government Area, respectively and have been terrorising Khana Local Government Area for the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring interrogations, they also admitted to kidnapping and burying alive one Praise Daakian, a former CDC Chairman in Khana Local Government Area. They murdered the victim after collecting the sum of NGN200,000 as part of payment for his ransom from the victim\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duo also confessed to murdering nine other victims from 2021 to 2023 and were the main reason for the partial evacuation of the community within this same period. 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