Police Give Details of Arrests as Ogun Cult War Degenerates Into Armed Robbery

Giving an update on the crisis that broke out in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State as a result of a supremacy battle between two rival cult groups, the state’s Police Command on Friday confirmed that a large number of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Anti-Cultism and Anti-Kidnapping operatives and conventional policemen have been deployed after the clash metamorphosed into robbery and other criminal activities.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Command’s spokesman stated that “in compliance with the directives of the Commissioner of Police, the teams moved into the area and embarked on aggressive and intelligence based patrol of the entire area of Ifo, Owode ijako, joju, ijoko and Agbado area. Their efforts yielded positive results as five of the hoodlums were apprehended in ijako area of Sango Ota”.

Oyeyemi gave the names of the suspects as Ekunoye Lucky, 22, Badmus Sodiq, 27, Showumi Femi, 21, Adeagbo Adewumi ,22 and Agboola Femi, 21.

Oyeyemi also made it known that “the patrol team moved to Winner’S Church area along idiroko Road where another suspect Adekunle Okeoye, 23  was arrested with a brand new locally made short gun loaded with five live cartridges and assorted charms. Also, the operatives extended their operation to Araromi community in Agbado where three other suspects namely Sulaiman Ogunbiyi, aka Absorber Federal, Saminu Adamu and Nasiru Umar were arrested with face masks and assorted charms”.

Earlier, 10 of the hoodlums had been picked up at various locations in Ifo, Kajola and Ososun areas of Ifo Local Government by SARS operatives.

The Commissioner of Police CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that all the arrested suspects be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for discreet investigation. He equally ordered the continuation of the operation until the last of the hoodlums is arrested.

The CP appealed to members of the public not to be unnecessarily apprehensive as the command will continue to do everything within its power to ensure that the people of Ogun State enjoy adequate security during and after the lockdown”.