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How we arrested Eiye cult leader declared wanted in Ogijo –Police

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
How we arrested Eiye cult leader declared wanted in Ogijo –Police
Akibu Tikare

A notorious Eiye confraternity leader, 26 years old Akibu Tikare, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command.

Tikare who had been on wanted list was arrested by operatives attached to Ogijo division of the police command on Saturday at a scene of robbery.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman of the police in Ogun State, said Tikare was arrested at about 9.30 p.m. when a group of armed robbers were operating between Gbaga and Kamalu area of Ogijo.

The police spokesman said upon receiving the information of the robbery, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ogijo Division, Muhammed Suleiman Baba, led his men to the scene with some members of vigilance group where the suspect was arrested while other members of his group who he claimed came from Ikorodu and Owutu area of Lagos State escaped.

Some of the victims were said to have identified him as one of those that robbed them of their properties including but not limited to phones and cash.

Recovered from the suspect is a locally made double barrel short gun.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward A. Ajogun, has directed the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

He equally directed that the escaped members of the gang be hunted for and apprehended in order to put permanent end to the gang’s operation.

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