Confusion As Ogun Prince Sends Cultists After Father

Six suspected members of Eiye cult group have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command.

They were arrested on Sunday, September 11, 2022, while attempting to kill a traditional ruler in his palace.

In a statement released by Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the Command, the names of the suspects were given as Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Hammed Jelili, Ogundele Ojeh, and Sunkanmi Fadina.

Oyeyemi stated that the suspects were arrested following a distress call received at Oja Odan Divisional headquarters from the Oba of Gbokoto land, Oba G.O Olukunle, at about 4:25 pm.

The distress message detailed that some cultists were about to kill him in his palace.

''Upon the distress call, the DPO Oja- Odan division, quickly mobilized his men and moved to the palace, where they met the hoodlums shooting sporadically within the palace. 

"The policemen engaged them in a shootout and eventually subdued the cultists and got six amongst them arrested.

"On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed been members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity.

"They also informed the police that, it was the son of the Oba who is now at large that invited them to come and eliminate his father because of an unresolved issue the Oba has been having with his mother," Oyeyemi said

The police spokesperson added that Items recovered from them include one locally made double barrel pistol, two live cartridges and one expended cartridge.

He disclosed that the son of the Oba who has taken to flight was said to have escaped with another gun belonging to the group. 

He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation with the view to charging them to court at the conclusion of the investigation. 

Bankole, the spokesperson also added has ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing son of the traditional ruler in order to bring him to justice.