Ogun Police arrest two suspected members of dreaded cult group
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, arrested two members of the dreaded Aiye cult group in different locations by operatives of the state.
The two suspects, namely; Habeeb Muideen aka Oko 8 and one Ibrahim aka Ayin, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday, following a distress call received by operatives of new Police Unit, Special Weapon Tactical Team (SWAT) that the group are engaging in a supremacy battle with another rival cult group at Elega/Iberekodo axis of Abeokuta metropolis.
Upon the distress call, the commander SWAT, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Kalejaye Olanrewaju quickly led his men to the scene.
On sighting the policemen, the cultists ran to different directions, but were chased and Habeeb Muideen was arrested at Iberekodo, while Ibrahim was apprehended at Ajitadun area of the metropolis.
The two suspects are currently undergoing interrogation at the SWAT office to determine their roles in the clash, which left one Eiye member dead. Recovered from the arrested suspects are battle axes and assaulted charms.
MEANWHILE, no fewer than 37 members of various cult groups have been arrested in the last one month when the Command started clamping down on cultists across the state.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered a comprehensive manhunt for fleeing members of the groups.
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