MICHAEL AKINOLA
Police operatives attached to the Ogun State Command have busted and arrested nine suspected cult members from their various notorious hideouts during operations in the state.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects included Odeyewu Samuel, Sola Adebiyu, Adeshina Michael, Segun Taiwo, Jimoh Ibrahim, Agwu Orji, Hamzat Bulama, John Jeremiah and Quadri Raheem.
The suspects were reportedly arrested in Ita-Oshin except Raheem, who was arrested in a separate raids at Mile 2 areas of Abeokuta in the State, which happened on Thursday, 22nd February and Friday, 23rd February, 2024, respectively.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutolta, who confirmed the arrest and detention of the suspects by the Police.
She explained that the arrest stemmed from “the harvest of suspected criminals following an intelligence raid on criminal hideouts. Some of them are suspected receivers of stolen items, among other social vices”.
It was further learnt that the Police raid in Ita-Oshin was conducted by Police operatives alongside the local hunters and members of the local vigilantes.
Odutola noted that the joint security efforts led the officers to the “notorious blackspot and criminal rendezvous behind the Ita-Oshin motor park. The place is known for being the home of cultists and other notorious criminal hideouts”.
“The suspects were also notorious for resisting arrest. Mobile phones suspected to have been stolen were recovered from them. When our men asked them for their identification at the time of the arrest, none of them could give a satisfactory answer.”
“These suspects are also known for always disturbing the peace in the area. The investigation is ongoing. Those culpable will be charged to Court.”
The image maker stated that the Police will continuue stop-and-search operations to arrest more criminals in the State.