Three members of Eiye confraternity have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for threatening to kill one Teslim Lateef over his refusal to be initiated into the group.
The suspects were arrested on January 28, 2021.
They are 32 years old Olajide Shittu; 29 years old Emmanuel Fidelis and 39 years old Sunkanmi Ifelodun.
The spokesman of the police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Ajuwon police station by Teslim Lateef.
Lateef said the three suspects had been threatening to kill him for quite some time over his refusal to be initiated into Eiye confraternity despite their persistent appeal to him.
He stated further that they promised to eliminate him since he had known them to be members of their group so that he would not expose them.
On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ajuwon division, SP Andrew Akinseye, who was said to have been monitoring the suspects led his men to their hideout where they were apprehended.
The suspects were said to have all confessed to being members of Eiye cult and that they were trying to recruit more members into their fold.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, had ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
Ajogun also warned cultists in the state to make use of the opportunity given to them by the command to renounce their membership of those evil groups before the long arm of the law caught up with them.
