Lagos police arrest 12 suspected cultists, two drug peddlers, recover hard drugs
07 June 2022 |
4:05 am
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two leaders of rival cult groups and 10 others over the incessant cult and gang wars plaguing Agege area of Lagos.
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two leaders of rival cult groups and 10 others over the incessant cult and gang wars plaguing Agege area of Lagos.
The leaders of the rival cult gangs arrested are 25-year-old Rasheed Abdulateef, popularly known as Adagun and 29-year-old Abubakar Mohammed a.k.a Yaba.
Other suspects arrested include Daramola Idowu, Anjorin Lateef, Akeem Odusanya, Sulayman Odusanya, Alasela Olamilekan, Apelogun Elijah, Musa Mali, Moses Sunday, Isiaka Hassan and Musa Thairu. The two drug peddlers are 36-year-old Monday Okezie and 32-year-old Oluwasegun Oladipupo
The suspects were arrested in sting operations spanning two weeks led by the Commander RRS, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Olayinka Egbeyemi.
According to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, the arrest of the two rival gang leaders, Adagun and Yaba, along with their gang members followed sustained and diligent intelligence gathering within Agege communities.
Recovered from Adagun are a rifle butt, police vest, pepper spray, a knife, machete, hard drugs and others.
“Okezie and Oladipupo are notorious for supplying hard drugs to the gangs and they were arrested with large quantities of codeine, tramadol and Rohypnol and they were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
“Other suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigations and eventual prosecution.
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