How Police Foiled Reprisal Attack From Suspected Cultists Inside School

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Police operatives attached to Alakuko Division of the Lagos State Police Command at the weekend arrested four suspected cultists that came from Ogun State for reprisal attacks on other rival cult members at the Junior Secondary School, Akinyele, Alakuko, Lagos State.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects were Tosin Balogun, 18, Sunday Dare, 15, Olayinka Jubril,  14 and Sani Ayomide Babatunde 15. 

This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi.

Adejobi explained that Tosin Balogun and Jubril Olayinka are students of Odewale Community High School, Ijoko, Ogun State,  while Sanni Babatunde is a student of Tunik International School, Dalemo, Alakuko and Dare Sunday is an apprentice tailor at Dalemo, Alakuko.

The Police operatives had got wind of the planned reprisal attacks on their rivals in the school and raced to the scene immediately the suspects arrived to cause pandemonium and attack their targets.

Items like cuttlasses, substances suspected to be Indian hemp and assorted charms were recovered from them.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspected cultists be moved to the Command’s Special Squad, Ikeja, for proper investigation and possible arrest of other members of their gang.

The Police boss reiterated his commitment to eradicating cult related crises and other forms of criminality in Lagos State; and making the state very hot for the survival and operations of any cult or armed robbery group in the state.