Police intensify crackdown on cultists, arrest 22 in Ogun state

No fewer than 22 suspected cultists have been arrested by the special squad set up by the Ogun state police Commissioner to tackle the rising spate of cult related violence in the state.

In a statement issued the spokesman of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the squad headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operation in the state, arrested the suspects from various parts of the state.

He said the arrested cultists who have confessed their membership of Aye and Eiye confraternities were apprehended when the Squad stormed their hideouts at Mayas in Lafenwa and Oju Ogabra in Sapon area of Abeokuta.

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Some of the suspects were also apprehended in Sagamu during the similar operation carried out by the squad.

All the arrested suspects are currently being investigated to ascertain their roles in the cult war that engulfed the State recently which claimed the life of some cult members.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole who commended the quick response of the squad has urged them to take the battle to the doorsteps of all known cultists in the State.

He therefore appealed to members of the public to always cooperate with the team by giving them necessary information that will enhance their operation, as security is everybody’s business.