Eleven dreaded members of a cult group have been arrested by men of Ogun state police command at Sango, in Ado Odo Ota local government area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson SP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a press statement made available to Blueprint, Sunday, stated that the suspects were arrested following an information received by policemen at Sango ota divisional headquarters that the suspects who were responsible for series of cult clashes in the area in recent times.
The statement revealed that they were meeting in a house in preparation for another round of violent attack.
Oyeyemi named the suspects to include Moshood Owolabi, Olayemi Arukudu, Yusuf Olajide, Ibukun Adeoye, Yomi Samson Faruk Salami, Olukunde Isaac, David Nwuzor, Nwanah Samuel, Ogunrinde Ganiyu and Chukwuemeka.
He added that the DPO Sango ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru, on getting the information, mobilised his men with men of so safe corps, Amotekun as well as civil Defence corps to the scene where seven members of the group were apprehended while others escaped.
“Four others were arrested with the assistance of members of the community. They have all confessed being members of Aiye cult group.
“Recovered from them are weeds suspected to be indian hemp, Colorado and Bonky”, the statement reads
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to anti-cultists unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
