Ogun Police Arrest 5 Suspected Cultists

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested five members of a dreaded cult group for breaching security during the early hours of Sunday in the town of Ifo

The suspects are Afeez Olapade aka Sabiko, 22, Idowu Adebayo 18, Oduwaye Seyi aka Owo Aje 22, Fatai Olude 22 and Alabi Segun 22.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday, said that the suspects were arrested following a distress call informing the police that the cult group was attacking people with dangerous weapons around Ifo market.

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The PPRO said, “Upon the distress call, the DPO, Ifo division, 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 injuries inflicted on his body.

“The policemen chased the suspects and got five of them arrested within the area. The victim was, thereafter, taken to the General Hospital in Ifo, where he was confirmed dead.

“Also injured was one Muhammed, a trailer driver and one Olalekan Alade, who was also dispossessed of his phone by the suspected hoodlums while five other different phones snatched from different people were recovered from them.”

Oyeyemi added that Edward Ajogun, the state’s Commissioner of Police, had given the order for the case to be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

He further warned that the Police Command is committed to reducing criminality to the barest minimum.