Amotekun arrests cult gang leader, Portable, in Osun

Operatives of Amotekun Corps have arrested a notorious leader of a cult gang, Taiwo Ogunsola, alias Taiwo Portable, in Ilesa, Osun State.
  
Portable was arrested Monday midnight after a complaint was lodged at the Amotekun Ilesa Area Command about his nefarious activities.
  
Commander, Osun State Amotekun Corps, Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, who confirmed the arrest, said Portable, who had been on the wanted list of the Osun Police Anti-Cultism Unit for a long time, was found in possession of a Dane gun and an axe at his residence when he was arrested.
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“Operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps on Monday midnight arrested a young man, Taiwo Ogunsola, 29, alias Taiwo Portable, for cultism activities in the Olomilagbala area, Ilesa, Osun State.
  
“He was arrested after a complaint was lodged at the Amotekun Ilesa Area Command about him and his gang members’ activities in Ilesa,” he said.
  
Adewinmbi said on interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a longtime member of the Eiye Confraternity and also confessed to some nefarious activities carried out in Ilesa and its environs.
   
He said the suspect has been handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
   
The Amotekun commander thereafter commended residents of Ilesa for providing the corps with information that led to the arrest of the suspect.
  
He called on residents of the area to always provide useful information and intelligence to security agents, which would help to curb crimes and apprehend criminal suspects in the state.
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