The Cross River State Police on Wednesday recovered three human skulls from 55 suspected cultists it paraded for Cultism and sundry crimes at the Headquarters of the Command.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police, Cross River State, Abdulkadir Jimoh told Vanguard that the security architecture of the command has been rejigged to put the police ahead of criminals in the state.

He said: “On Monday I got information that suspected cultists were driving dangerously, hoisting the black and red flag disturbing the peace along Goodluck Jonathan Road and driving towards 8 Miles. They were seriously pursued and intercepted at 8 Miles.

“When they were arrested and brought to the Headquarters, we have 51 of them in number. Forty-six are males and five are females. The suspects confessed to be cultists from Akpabuyo local government en route to Akwa Ibom.

“Upon searching them, three fresh human skulls were recovered from their masquerade regalia. Two Hiace buses, two motorcycles, five machetes, and three red flags with human skulls drawn on them were recovered from them.

“They all confessed to being members of Nnabor Confraternity and they were the people responsible for the series of kidnappings and other vices in Akpabuyo local government and by extension some parts of Calabar Municipality.

“The Command will undertake a forensic analysis of the skulls to determine whether they belong to some of these people that have been declared missing or some off the victims they have killed in heinous crimes. They have been profiled and the will face the wrath of law,” he said

Explaining further he said the security architecture of the command has been rejigged for effective service delivery which he said was now yielding harvest of criminals.