Five suspected members of a dreaded cult group have been arrested with the dead body of a young man by policemen from Ogun State Command.
The arrest was made on Monday, December 14, 2020, while the deceased was suspected to have been a cultist also.
The suspects were identified as Babatunde Shittu, 25; Ayobami Morenikeji, 15; Fidelis John, 23; Abdullah Adegbenro, 17 and Oyeyemi Bakare, 20.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrest followed a distress call received at Sango Area Command headquarters that a group of boys were seen with a male corpse in a tricycle, heading towards Ota.
All of them were said to have been holding dangerous weapons like cutlasses, cudgels and sticks.
“Upon the distress call, the Area Commander, Sango Ota, ACP Monday Agbonnika quickly mobilised patrol team to the area, where the hoodlums went on rampage, destroying people’s property and stealing from innocent members of the public along Ilo Awela road,” the PPRO stated.
He said that this made the police team to engage and subdue the cultists, and five of them were arrested.
Oyeyemi said: “On interrogation, they informed the police that they went to a party at Mushin in Lagos State, but on their way back, fight ensued among them.
“In the process, one of them was overrun by a fast-moving vehicle and died on the spot.
“They stated further that they were taking the corpse to the families of their attackers, who they identified as Omo Ekun, Lampard and Anko, for a revenge mission,” the police image-maker said further.
Before the arrival of the police, Thenewsbearer learnt that the hoodlums had damaged one Highlander SUV with registration number KJA 275GD, belonging to one Emmanuel Adekoya.
They also snatched a phone from one Falola Olusola and the sum of N50,000 from one Emmanuel Agbaje.
Oyeyemi said that the corpse had been recovered from the suspects, and deposited at Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation. The police commissioner also appealed to parents to warn their children from partaking in any act capable of infringing on the peace of the state, as such acts would be met with resistance.
