The Ogun Police Command has recorded a breakthrough as its operatives have arrested 14 suspected cultists around Israel, Ipara, and the Ode axis of the state for unlawful assembly and breach of public peace.
According to the spokesperson of the command, Oluseyi Babaseyi, the exercise is part of the ongoing sweep operations targeting criminality and threats to public peace across the state
“Fourteen suspects were arrested for unlawful assembly and conspiring to breach the peace, with the recovery of three (3) locally-made pistols, eleven (11) live cartridges, four (4) rounds of 9mm Beretta ammunition, criminal charms, confraternity caps, one drum which is part of the tools for cult initiation, nineteen (19) mobile phones, one Samsung mini laptop, and nine (9) vehicles of various brands, some without registration plates and others bearing unauthorized dealer plates,” he said
He said that at approximately 01: 20 hours, actionable intelligence revealed that members of the Eiye Confraternity had gathered in large numbers at a bush location in Ipara-Remo, Ogun State, planning to initiate new members and conspire to breach the peace through unlawful assembly.
“Acting swiftly, a joint team of operatives from the Anti-Cultism Unit and the Special Weapons and Tactics, supported by personnel from Ipara/Isara Divisions, conducted a coordinated sweep operation, arresting fourteen(14) suspects, comprising thirteen males and one female.
“Among those arrested are Solomon Shobamiwo, also known as ‘Solo Hot’; Farooq Ogunsola; Toheeb Abolade; Balogun Williams; Ayodele Abdulkareem; Adedapo Ogunsanya; Toheeb Saka; Akpan Dara; Micheal Olakemi; Habeeb Olayinka; Dapo Adeola; Adetunji Adeyemi; Henry Kingsley, all males, and Nanso Blessing.
“The suspects are undergoing investigations, and will be charged to court upon completion of the probe.
“Ongoing sweep operations and intelligence-led patrols continue across the axis to apprehend other fleeing suspects and ensure sustained peace, security, and public safety for residents and communities,” the police said.
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