A Rivers State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, remanded three men in prison for participating in cult-related and similar activities.
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The accused, Matthew Okonkwo, 25; Michael Osere, 22; and Jacob Chinedu, 33, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Felicita Amanze on three counts bordering on felony, cultism and similar activities.
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The prosecutor, Chigenu Nwokwe, told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime in 2018 around the Government Reserved Area of Port Harcourt.
Nwokwe said the accused were members of a secret cult known as the Klans-Men and Black Axe.
He added that the offences contravened sections 7(c) and 1(1) of the Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Law of Rivers State No. 7 of 2018 as amended.
The charges read in part, “That you, Matthew Okonkwo and others now at large, on or before the year 2019 at the GRA, Port Harcourt, did belong to and participate in the activities of a secret cult known and called Klans-Men, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 1(1) of the Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Law of Rivers State No. 7 of 2018 as amended.
“That you, Michael Osere, Jacob Chinedu and others now at large, on the same date and place, in the aforesaid magisterial district, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit; cultism, and did belong and participate in the activities of a secret cult known and called the Black Axe, thereby committing an offence punishable under sections 7(c) and 1 (1) of the Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Law of Rivers State No 7 of 2018 as amended.”Jonathan congratulates Babangida at 78
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