Five suspected members of a dreaded cult group who unleash terror on Ifo area of Ogun state were Sundayarrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command.
The arrests was contained in a statement made available to Blueprint by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
Oyeyemi stated that the suspects, Afeez Olapade, Idowu Adebayo, Oduwaye Seyi, Fatai Olude and Alabi Segun were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO ifo division that the cult group were on rampage around the market, attacking people with dangerous weapons and dispossessing innocent people of their valuables.
The statement further reads, “Upon the distress call, the DPO ifo division CSP Adeniyi Adekunle quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene
“On getting there, they met a 25 year old man who was later identified simply as Sunday in the pool of his own blood as a result of several matchet injury on his body.
“The policemen chased and got the five suspects arrested within the area. The victim was taken to the general hospital where he was confirmed dead.
“Also injured is one Muhammed, a trailer driver while one Olalekan Alade was also dispossessed of his phone by the hoodlums, while five other different phones snatched from different people were recovered from them”
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for investigation.
He also directed that the fleeing members of gang must be hunted for and brought to book within the shortest possible time.
The CP therefore, warned that those who think that police has abandoned their duty as a result of recent protest should better have a rethink as the command is determined more than ever before to wage war against crime and criminality anywhere in the state .
