On Monday, The Bayelsa State governor, Mr Gov Seriake Dickson signed the Secret Cult, Societies and Similar Activities Prohibition Amendment Law 2018 as a new system to curb the menace of cultism in Bayelsa state. The new law mandates that offenders to be jailed upon conviction, for not less than 20 years, without any option of fine.

Bayelsa House of Assembly had passed the amended bill into law, following increase rate of cultism in the state, especially among secondary and primary school students. During his address, Mr. Dickson noted with serious concern, the rise in cultism and other related activities in the state, especially in Yenagoa and its environs with the new amendment, law enforcement agencies have been empowered to deal decisively with suspected cultists and their sponsors.

Mr. Dickson stressed that the amendment to the law was needed so as to check the rise in cult activities among youths and in order to give the law enforcement agencies more powers to pro-actively protect lives and property as well as safeguard the future of the state.

“As a government, we cannot allow this ugly trend of events to continue unabated.



“A situation where children below 15, 16, 17 and majority of our youth population are members of one dangerous cult group or society, where they carry guns and other dangerous weapons and shoot, maim, kill and create insecurity in parts of the state is totally unacceptable”
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