Police arrest 11 suspects for cultism and ATM fraud in Kogi

Kogi State police arrested eight people suspected of cultism in Itobe on October 17 and three men suspected of ATM card-swapping fraud in Idah on October 20. Officers recovered 59 bank cards, two motorcycles, an axe, a cutlass and a vehicle. Commissioner Naziru Bello Kankarofi said the Itobe suspects had gathered to appoint a group leader, and some allegedly admitted membership of the Aro-Baga Vikings and Aiye confraternities. The Idah suspects are linked to a scheme that allegedly cost a victim 1.5 million naira and had operated for more than a year.