Police nab alleged ‘executioner’ of Supreme Vikings Cult gang, one other in Enugu

By Stanley Nwanosike

Two alleged members of Supreme Vikings Confraternity cult gang identified as Emmanuel Mba, 31, and Nnam Onukwube, 35, have been arrested in Awkunanaw axis of Enugu South Local Government Area Area over alleged possession of firearms, ammunition and hard drugs.

The suspects were arrested police operatives of the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, the spokesperson of the Command, SP Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday in Enugu.

According to him, the suspects confessed to being members of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, with Mba identified as the head and executioner of the unlawful group in Enugu South LGA as of December 2025.

He said that the police recovered one pump action gun and a locally-fabricated Beretta-type pistol, 31 live cartridges, a large wrap of substance suspected to be cannabis sativa, one HP laptop and one motorcycle.

The spokesman said that in a related operation on January 31, police operatives raided criminal hideouts in the Agbani axis of the state, detaining eight suspects.

“Following screening, one suspect, Monday Ezeani, 32, was found in possession of dried substance suspected to be cannabis sativa and 39 pellets of suspected crystal methamphetamine (“Mkpuru-mmiri”).

“While the remaining suspects were released after preliminary investigation,” he said.

Ndukwe said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, had reassured the public of the command’s firm resolve to protect lives and property.

He warned individuals involved in armed robbery and related crimes, cultism, and illicit drug activities to repent or face the full weight of the law.

(NAN)