Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have busted a planned attack by cultists and arrested eleven suspected members of the dreaded cult group at Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the police were told that the suspects were meeting in a house on 13, Ago -Adura Street, Ijoko-Ota in preparation for another round of violent attacks.
He said, “On getting the information, the DPO Sango-Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru mobilised his men with men of So-safe Corps, Amotekun as well as civil Defence 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 to being members of Aiye cult group. Recovered from them are; weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, Colorado and Bonky.”
Oyeyemi, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to Anti cultists unit of the state Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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