OPERATIVES of the Ekiti State police command have arrested five suspected cultists in the state.
In a statement made available to newsmen, the Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sunday Abutu, said: “On April 25, 2021, at about 1:30 a.m, information was received by the Police Rapid Response Squad(RRS) in the state command that some members of the Aiye secret confraternity were holding an initiation rite inside a bush behind Ekiti State University(EKSU) Campus, Iworoko-Ekiti.
“Upon the receipt of the information, a team of the RRS operatives in synergy with the police personnel attached to Iworoko Divisional Police Headquarters, swung into action and stormed the bush where the suspected cultists shot sporadically on sighting the police.
“In the process, however, five suspects were arrested and all claimed to be students of Ekiti State University, while other suspects took to their heels and escaped.
“The names of the suspects arrested are: Adeyeye Adeyemi (29), Adeyemi Tobi (25), Moyosore Onajobi (22), Dickson Godwin (23) and Olowosaye Martins (21).
“Items recovered from the scene were: one cut-to-size locally-made pistol, two expended cartridges, one gallon containing liquid drug, weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp and two motorcycles.”
