Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 34-year-old suspected cultist, Adekunle Adebajo aka Kunle Poly, over his alleged involvement in the killing of a member of a suspected rival cult group in Ijebu Ode.
The deceased, known as Mosquito, was reportedly hacked to death recently with his left hand cut off and taken away.
ALSO READ: Police begin probe into death of 70-year-old beggar
The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Saturday said that on August 12, a concerned citizen made a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer in Igbeba that rival cult members engaged one another where Mosquito was shot, macheted and his left hand severed and taken away by his killers.
According to the statement, “Upon receiving this information, a team of detectives promptly mobilised and took action by moving to the location, where one suspect, Adekunle Adebajo aka Kunle Polly, 34, was apprehended.