by Adeola Balogun

An Owerri Chief Magistrate Court has had six suspected cult members paraded before it on charges of armed robbery and attempted murder.

The suspects aged between19 and 21 and alleged to be members of the Buccaneers, a known cult have been identified as  Miracle Orji, 19, Chukwuezi Chijioke, 20, Ezino Ikenna, 19, Maduabuchi Nnadi, 21, Maduforo Chinonso, 20, and Ugochukwu Iheme, 20.

The suspects and others still at large reportedly robbed a number of people at gunpoint, including one Eunice Okereke between the 18th and 19th  of August 2013, at Umuonyeche in Owerri Municipal Council, .

They were accused of robbing Okereke of her Nokia phone valued at N7,500, Asha 201 valued at N15,000, a black shoe valued at N3,500, recharge cards worth N3,000 and N62,070 cash at Waterside Primary School, Owerri.

The suspects were also charged for robbing one Chinenye of her BlackBerry phone valued at N55,000.