Items recovered from the suspects include one axe, some cutlasses, assorted charms and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, the police disclosed.
The police in Lagos arrested two suspected cultists at Oto-Awori, Ijanikin area of the state on Sunday evening.
Mr Adejobi, a chief superintendent of police, said the incident was reported by a resident and the intervention of the police helped in restoring peace to the area. “The Police operatives raced to the scene and arrested the two suspects while responding to a distress call from good samaritans that two groups of cultists were on rampage and attacking one another with dangerous weapons along Oto Awori Ijanikin Expressway by Ile Oba Bus Stop,” Mr Adejobi said in the statement.The arrested suspects are Taiye Israel, and Isiaka Afeez.
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