Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command, have arrested 30 suspected cult members around Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State.
A statement by the spokesperson of the command, Muyiwa Adejobi, a deputy superintendent of police, yesterday, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said the suspects were arrested within a week and that some of them had been charged to court.
According to Adejobi, the commissioner of police in the state, Val Ntomchukwu, had recently deployed more men to combat the activities of the suspects.
“The commissioner of Police Ogun State, CP Val Ntomchukwu, has recently vowed to tackle cultism and other vices that are capable of embarrassing the police and other security agencies in Ogun State.
“In a bid to actualise his determination, he has deployed more than 10 teams comprising Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Anti-Robbery of the Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, Mobile Police Force, State Intelligence Bureau, etc, led by the deputy Commissoner of Police in charge Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, DCP Shina Olukolu,” Adejobi said.
He further stated that “the teams on special operation in Ijebu Ode have carried out raids on many black spots and hideouts, including Fidipote Street, Ogbogbo Village, Ita Alapo, Imeweje Village and some hotels in the area which have led to the arrest of the prime suspects or ring leaders who had been involved in many criminal acts including series of killings of people in the area and in some other parts of the state.”
The spokesperson gave some of the arrested suspects to include Gbenga Banjo, Akeem Kareem, Dammy, Jawando, Kazeem Akeem, Oluwatimileyin Akintunde, Olootu Lukman, Neyo and Oladele Oluniga.
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