The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, on Tuesday, paraded 40 suspected cultists said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye Confraternities. They are being alleged to have committed a series of crimes ranging from armed robbery to killings within the state.
At the state police headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital, Oladimeji said the suspects had been terrorising the state, especially, residents of the Sagamu Local Government Area.
He said the suspects were arrested with weapons such as eight live cartridges, daggers and cutlasses, axes, short guns, pistols, and jack knives among others.
Oladimeji added that the police recovered Venza car with number plate KSF 935 HX and substances suspected to be Indian hemp from the suspects.
He said: “In our continuing clamp down on cultists who have been causing mayhem in different parts of the state, the command has taken the battle to the doorsteps of all the known cultists in the state, most especially the Sagamu area where various cult groups have been unleashing reign of terror as a result of supremacy battle amongst them.
“Having identified their various hideouts in Sagamu, Odogbolu, Ode-Remo, and some other areas, the command’s Anti-Cultist Team in collaboration with other tactical teams and divisional police operatives launched an offensive against them and the result is what we are seeing here today”.
He added: “The war against cultism and other crimes is a continuous one and the command will not leave any stone unturned in this onerous task.
“Not less than 24 suspected cult members picked up in various parts of the state have been charged to court in the last one week.
“We are determined to rid the state of cultism and other social vices as an organisation saddled with the responsibility of securing life and property.
“Parents are hereby advised to warn their wards to desist from any act capable of undermining the security of the state as such act will be seriously resisted by security agencies”.
