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  • Bombshell update in case of cult members who beheaded rival and played football with his severed head

    Bombshell update in case of cult members who beheaded rival and played football with his severed head

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    COPS have reportedly arrested two alleged cult members who beheaded their rival and sickeningly played football with his severed head.

    The bombshell update comes almost a year after a video of the barbaric execution in Nigeria went viral, sparking a huge probe.

    Chisom Okafor, 23, was allegedly one of the cult members involved in the beheading

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    Chisom Okafor, 23, was allegedly one of the cult members involved in the beheadingCredit: YouTube
    Ikechukwu Chinweze, 19, was also arrested for his alleged role in the slaying

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    Ikechukwu Chinweze, 19, was also arrested for his alleged role in the slayingCredit: YouTube

    The disturbing clip showed a group of young men – who are believed to be members of the Ayes cult – attacking another male.

    The victim, who is understood to have been a member of a rival sect, was reportedly shot dead at close range in September last year.

    He is believed to have been murdered at a student’s residence near the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Igbariam.

    The alleged cult members then beheaded the young man, who had his hair styled in dreadlocks, while laughing and joking with one another.

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    In another part of the gruesome video, they then kicked the severed head around a square in the capital of Awka while using it as a football.

    Cops have now reportedly arrested two young cultists for their role in the horrific execution-style slaying.

    Footage shows Chisom Okafor, 23, and Ikechukwu Chinweze, 19, shackled as they were questioned by police officers.

    The pair admitted they were members of the Ayes cult and confessed they have participated in several killings.

    Okafor can be heard telling cops: “I’m also known as Stamina.

    “I’m from Igboukwu, but my mum is from Awka. I am 23 years old. I belong to Ayes cult group, and have killed only three people before.”

    He went on to name two of his alleged victims – who were both suspected cult members murdered in 2021 in similar circumstances.

    Both are said to have been found decapitated, according to the Nigerian Daily Post.

    The 23-year-old suspect continued: “I was among the cultists who went to Obj’s place and killed some security men.

    “We were seven in number that went for the operation. I dropped out of school, but I’m a tiler, and I do tiling very well.”

    He also squealed to cops by listing several other members of the Ayes cult who he claims participated in the murders.

    The camera then turns to a scared-looking Chinweze, who keeps his talking to a minimum while being grilled by officers.

    The 19-year-old says: “’I’m Ikechukwu Chinweze, I’m 19 years, from Umuzocha in Awka.

    “I’m a school leaver, I was learning phone repairs before I met Chisom here in Ifite.”

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    The baby-faced brutes reportedly confessed to using their victim’s severed head as a ball in wake of their arrests.

    Locals told the media Okafor and Chinweze were behind the brutal murder of the man from a rival cult.

    The pair were filmed shackled on the floor after their reported arrest

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    The pair were filmed shackled on the floor after their reported arrestCredit: YouTube



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  • Shadowy Putin rival ‘plotting to overthrow tyrant’ is ‘POISONED’ in assassination attempt, claims Kremlin insider

    Shadowy Putin rival ‘plotting to overthrow tyrant’ is ‘POISONED’ in assassination attempt, claims Kremlin insider

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    ONE of Vladimir Putin’s key aides and a favourite to succeed him has reportedly survived an assassination attempt, a Kremlin insider has claimed.

    Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Russian security council, has been described in some circles as the only person that Putin truly trusts.

    Putin's key rival Nikolai Patrushev has allegedly been poisoned

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    Putin’s key rival Nikolai Patrushev has allegedly been poisonedCredit: Getty
    Patrushev has been described as the only man Putin 'truly trusts'

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    Patrushev has been described as the only man Putin ‘truly trusts’Credit: AP
    Patrushev left, has also been seen as the man to succeed Putin

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    Patrushev left, has also been seen as the man to succeed PutinCredit: AFP

    The 71-year-old is claimed to have been poisoned, according to sources in the Kremlin.

    “It is known that Nikolai Patrushev felt unwell in the evening after work, almost immediately after he went home,” the source claimed.

    “Security quickly worked, immediately calling a team of doctors to him.

    “After the examination, the medical workers who arrived said that urgent hospitalization was necessary and Patrushev was taken by the FSO officers in their transport, accompanied by medical workers, to the medical unit that serves the president.”

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    The source added: “After rendering assistance, Patrushev was taken home in a stable condition. The results of his analysis confirmed that the toxic substance was a synthetic poison.”

    These sensational allegations appeared anonymously on the General SVR channel on the messaging app Telegram, which claims to have insider sources in the Kremlin.

    “Information about both the assassination attempt itself and the investigation into this assassination attempt is kept in strict secrecy,” the post added.

    Patrushev, who formerly headed Russia’s FSB secret service, is seen as Putin’s right-hand man, having known the 69-year-old since both were in the KGB back in the 1970s.

    He is believed to have stepped in as de facto president during Putin’s long absences for alleged medical treatment and has also been a key architect of the war in Ukraine.

    His son Dmitry, 44, Russia’s agriculture minister, has been tipped by some pundits as Putin’s likely successor.

    The report claimed that Patrushev “was saved by timely medical care and, probably, by an insufficiently high concentration of the poisonous substance that entered the body through the skin”.

    Putin was told of the alleged attack only “when Patrushev’s life was no longer in danger,” it was claimed.

    The post didn’t list any suspects who could have carried out an attempted assassination but pointed the finger at in-fighting within the Russian leader’s inner circle.

    Patrushev is seen as one of the biggest cheerleaders for war in Ukraine, and the man who convinced Putin the country needed “denazification”.

    WHO ARE THE SILOVIKI?

    FROM the Russian for ‘people of force’, meet the siloviki – the real power behind Putin’s throne.

    Alexander Bortnikov – Head of Russia’s FSB – which replaced the KGB, he has also known Putin since the 1970s, when both served in the Leningrad KGB. He controls thousands of people, covering everything from counter-terrorism to intimidating opposition parties.

    Sergei Chemezov – Head of state-owned defence company Rostec, Chemezov was stationed with Putin in East Germany in the 80s when both were in the KGB. Has become filthy rich through his ties to Putin, amassing luxury yachts as well as a number of Spanish villas.

    Sergei Naryshkin – Head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service. Reportedly ex-KGB, he has worked with Putin since the 90s, when the president was deputy mayor of St Petersburg. Earlier this year, he accused the West of being behind Alexei Navalny’s poisoning.

    Nikolai Patrushev – Head of Russia’s security council, Patrushev has known Putin since his KGB days in the 1970s. Is accused of masterminding the 2006 assassination in London of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

    Igor Sechin – Considered Putin’s “de-facto deputy”, Sechin is head of state-owned oil firm Rosneft. He was gifted the powerful company by Putin, just before it took over Yukos, a company controlled by now-exiled Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

    Sergei Shoigu – Russia’s defence minister, he regularly goes hunting and fishing with Putin. Is seen by some as a potential successor. Following the disastrous Ukraine invasion, he was not seen in public for more than a month, sparking rumours he had been sidelined.

    The date of the alleged attack wasn’t given, but Patrushev hasn’t been seen in public for much of the past month.

    He was spotted on a visit to the far east of Russia on July 6 but then remained out of the public eye until Friday, almost 10 days later, when he supposedly attended a security council meeting.

    Last month, an ex-CIA insider claimed the coup to topple Putin has “already begun”.

    Former CIA Moscow station chief Daniel Hoffman claimed Putin’s cronies will look to secretly overthrow the president if his invasion of Ukraine starts to go south.

    “These guys that are going to do it are going to be so secret about it so that Putin doesn’t find them and kill them first,” Hoffman said.

    “It’ll happen all of a sudden. And he’ll be dead.”

    “Nobody’s gonna ask, ‘Hey Vladimir, would you like to leave?’ No. It’s a f**king hammer to the head and he’s dead. Or it’s time to go to the sanatorium,” Hoffman told The Daily Beast.

    The results of his analysis confirmed that the toxic substance was a synthetic poison

    ‘Kremlin insider’

    It follows claims from security experts back in April that Putin could be ousted in a “palace coup” within the next two years.

    The assessment came from intelligence analysts Dragonfly, who correctly predicted the Russian invasion in February.

    It claimed that it is “highly likely that President Putin will not be in the position he is within the next two years,” as Western sanctions bite.

    Dragonfly alleged Putin would be overthrown by his inner circle of six cronies – including Patrushev – described as “squat men in ill-fitting suits”.

    A shadowy group of so-called “silovarchs” has propped Putin up for many years, according to intelligence experts, but their patience is believed to be wearing thin.

    The word silovarch, combining the word oligarch and “siloviki” – which translates to “people of force”, refers to the generation of Russia’s political and business elite who rose through the security services.

    And as Professor Daniel Treisman who coined the term explained: “If there is a failure of the state to manage multiple escalating crises, involving public protests and an economic meltdown, the Kremlin may well just lose control of Russia, and the security services would step in.

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    “Army leaders and others may start resisting orders from Putin as well.

    “Rather than an organised conspiracy from within, there may simply be a meltdown of the regime all at once.”

    Patrushev has barely been seen in public in the past few weeks

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    Patrushev has barely been seen in public in the past few weeksCredit: Reuters
    Putin has not listed any successor

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    Putin has not listed any successorCredit: EPA
    Patrushev's son Dmitry, 44, has also been touted as a possible Putin replacement

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    Patrushev’s son Dmitry, 44, has also been touted as a possible Putin replacementCredit: Alamy



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