MICHAEL AKINOLA
It was a success story as the Ogun State owned Security Outfit known as Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps – So-Safe Corps, arrested six suspected cultists at Rounder axis of Abeokuta.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects were paraded by the State Commander of the Corps, Commamder(Dr) Soji Ganzallo, through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander, Moruf Yusuf.
The suspects were arrested by the officers of the Corps on guard duty, attached to Obasanjo Hilltop, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta. They had arrested a 32-year old suspect, Mr. Emmanuel Victor, a resident of Feyintolorun Community, Rounder, Abeokuta North Local Government Area, during stop-and-search technique at the access gate and four live ammunitions were found on him.
Ganzallo noted that in the course of the Corps preliminary investigation, the culprit confessed that the ammunitions were found on him on his way from one of the buildings, where he worked as a day cleaner.
He further revealed that he works as gardener at Crescent University, Abeokuta and mentioned five other accomplices, who are deadly cultists terrorizing Rounder axis.
Some of the names mentioned were arrested.
Ganzallo further said that the culprit disclosed that he belonged to Aye Confraternity Cult group and one of his superiors, Mr. Olumide Abdullah nicknamed ‘Maintain’,a resident of 5, Adehun, Iyana Cele, Rounder, who had been arrested too, asked him to get the ammunitions while he said his group could have secured a rifle if not for the cashless policy, which resulted in spending the N20,000 generated at its base at Adogbon Shop, Rounder in Abeokuta.
Ganzallo also noted that the Corps had put in effort to arrest few more members of the deadly cult group while others are at large.
The suspects had been transfered to the Nigeria Police Anti-Cultism Unit, Oke-Ijemo, Abeokuta for onward transfer to the State Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.