The police command in Ogun says it has arrested 11 suspected members of dreaded cult group at
Sango ota, in Ado odo Ota local government area of the state.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday.
The suspects are Moshood Owolabi, Olayemi Arukudu, Yusuf Olajide, Ibukun Adeoye, Yomi Samson Faruk Salami, Olukunde Isaac, David Nwuzor, Nwanah Samuel, Ogunrinde Ganiyu and Chukwuemeka .
Oyeyemi noted that they were arrested following an information received by policemen at Sango ota divisional headquarters that the suspects who were responsible for series of cult clashes in Sango ota and its environs in recent time are meeting in a house at NO.13, Ago Adura Street Ijoko ota in preparation for another round of violent attack.
“On getting the information, the DPO Sango Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru mobilized his men with men of So Safe Corps, Amotekun as well as Civil Defense corps and moved to the scene where seven members of the group were apprehended while others escaped.
‘Four others were arrested with the assistance of members of the community. They have all confessed been members of Aiye cult group.
‘Recovered from them are; weeds suspected to be indian hemp, Colorado and Bonky.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to Anti cultists unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
