Nigeria, May 26 -- The Nigeria Police Force in Akwa Ibom State says it has arrested suspected cultists, a suspected fraudster accused of impersonating the State Commissioner for Finance, Emem Bob and four men connected to the theft of renovation materials from a federal government college.

The police said the arrests followed separate intelligence-led operations across parts of the state as the command intensified its crackdown on cultism, cybercrime, vandalism and armed robbery.

The police spokesperson in the state, Timfon John, a deputy superintendent of police, disclosed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday.

According to the statement, operatives arrested four suspects over the alleged theft of burglary proof materials meant...