At least 15 Nigerians and members of the ‘Eiye’ confraternity have been arrested by Polizia di Stato, Operatives of the Italian Police Force.
Members of the gang who were also accused of intimidating young girls into prostitution, money laundering, amongst others were nabbed during an operation dubbed “Pesha” by the Italian police which ended on Tuesday morning.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Italian Police Force said members of the ‘Eiye’ cult, which had roots in Nigeria, have a series of international contacts in France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and other European countries.

Eiye is a mythological bird of the Nigerian tradition and members of the cult tend to be in it “for life” once initiated.

The police had got a tip-off from a disgruntled member of the group who was brutalised after violating some of the codes of the cult.

The Operation Pesha officers were thus deployed to the suspects’ hideout and coven where they arrested 15 of them while four others are at large.

The statement read in part, “The 15 people detained by order of the L’Aquila District Anti-Mafia Directorate are of Nigerian nationality.

“All those arrested belong to the “Pesha” ...

Contiune reading: https://thestreetjournal.org/2020/07/how-popular-nigerian-cultists-human-traffickers-were-nabbed-by-italian-police-force/

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Edo people should be banned from getting Nigerian passports.

They are the number 1 cause of disgrace to the green kpali

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