Operatives of the Kebbi State Hisbah Board have arrested 25 youths during a raid on a hotel in Argungu Local Government Area over alleged involvement in immoral acts.

The Director of Shariah of the board, Sirajo Kamba, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.

According to Kamba, the operation was carried out on July 3 as part of the board’s ongoing efforts to curb social vices and promote moral values across the state.

He said the raid led to the arrest of 25 suspects, comprising 12 males and 13 females.

“On July 3, the Kebbi Hisbah Board carried out a raid at a hotel in Argungu and successfully apprehended 25 suspects allegedly involved in immoral activities,” Kamba said.

He added that the suspects would be investigated in accordance with the law and that anyone found culpable would be subjected to the appropriate legal process.

Kamba noted that the operation forms part of measures aimed at maintaining public decency, peace and social order in the state.

The Hisbah Board said investigations into the matter are ongoing.

Troops of the Nigerian Army operating under the 82 Division and Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA, OPUK, have raided a suspected criminal hideout in Imo State, recovering a pump-action gun, military-style clothing and other items.

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, made this disclosure in a post on X.

Zagazola stated that the operation followed intelligence obtained from a suspected logistics courier and armourer arrested earlier by troops.

He said that intelligence-led follow-up operation was conducted on July 3 by troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade, who advanced through difficult terrain to a suspected criminal hideout in Obiakpu Community, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.

“The troops came under contact with the suspects upon arrival, but the criminals fled into the surrounding area after encountering superior firepower from the soldiers,” he said.

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Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of 11 suspected cultists at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. 

The command revealed that all the suspects are students of the institution. 

The command made these declarations via a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade. 

The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. 

Ayanlade in the statement explained that the suspects are members of a cultist group known as Eiye confrontanity. 

He said that some items were recovered from the suspects as exhibits. 

Ayanlade also disclosed that the group planned to launch an attack in the institution. 

He added that the police having got a credible intelligence information acted and foiled the attack. 

Ayanlade said four locally fabricated cut-to-size pistols, eleven live cartridges, one expended cartridge, two cult axes, one cutlass, one dagger knife; and one red cult hooded cap were recovered from the suspects as exhibits. 

“Acting on credible intelligence received by the Command, operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) were deployed after it was established that members of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity had converged at their hideout within the Under-G, Yuako, and Adenike areas, where they were allegedly perfecting plans to launch coordinated attacks within the student community capable of causing widespread unrest.

“The recovered exhibits include, four locally fabricated cut-to-size pistols, eeven live cartridges, one expended cartridge, two cult axes, one cutlass, one dagger knife and one red cult hooded cap,” he said.