The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested 20
suspected cultists including 7 minors.
Imohimi Edgal, the state Commissioner of Police, who
disclosed this to newsmen in the state yesterday, said some
of the suspects were arrested while on their way for a
reprisal attack on rival cult members.
He said that most of those arrested were members of the
Eiye secret cult.
According to him, several weapons such as locally and
foreign made guns, cutlasses and axes were recovered from
the suspects.
Edgal said the command got information from the people of
Ejinirin-Iworo area of Ikorodu.
He said the police swung into action with his team and
arrested four suspects belonging to Eiye confraternity and
they all confessed to belonging to the cult group.
He said, “Similarly, the Igbogbo Divisional Police Officer,
CSP Isa Lawan, received information that a cult group would
be gathering at Bayeku area, Igbogbo in Ikorodu for the
initiation ceremony of newly recruited members.
“The DPO was said to have mobilised his undercover team
to the location and effected the arrests of the suspects
during the initiation”.
Edgal said that the command arrested 35-year-old Lukman
Olawale Agboola, aka Baggo, a suspected cultist and leader
of the Eiye confraternity for threatening people with a gun at
New Garage area, Bariga.
He said, “Preliminary investigation further revealed that the
suspected cultists, who all reside in Lagos Island, had lured
the newly recruited members with claims of a party”.
Edgal said one worrisome thing about the arrest was that
seven of the suspects were minors.
The commissioner, however, said the minors would be
transferred to the gender unit of the state command for
diligent prosecution, while the rest would be charged to
court.
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