23 Arrested During Cult Initiation

LUCKY LAWAL

Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday October 31, 2018, arrested 23 men suspected to belong to a dreaded cult group while initiating new members.

The suspected cultists who were said to have come from different locations in Ijebu-Igbo, Ago-Iwoye and Oru-Ijebu assembled at Ilaporu in Awa-Ijebu for the purpose of initiating new members into their fold after which they had intended to unleash mayhem in the town as a sign of admitting new members.

As soon as they gathered there, policemen attached to Awa-Ijebu Division through technical and human intelligence gathering got wind of the unlawful assembly consequent upon which the DPO Awa-Ijebu, SP Olu Monday, led his anti-robbery team to the scene where 23 members of the group were arrested.

The arrested ones were: Samson Oyetusi, Bankole Tunde, Akorede Samson, Dapo Kukoyi, Onafeko Toheeb, Afolabi Wasiu, Adedimeji Matthew, Arewa Samson, Akintunde Oalsunkanmi, Okejimi Oluyole, Oladeji Akeem, Azeez Adebayo, Awokoya Kudus, Azeez Seun, OSeni Wasiu, Popoola Sunday, Awojole Bolaji, Yusuf Seyi, Bamidele Adeboye, Jibola Balogun, Tomisin Isaac, Adeshina Seye, and Adebayo Adewale.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Section for proper investigation and prosecution.