The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested five suspected cult members during forceful initiation of a victim in Ajegunle area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday.
Hundeyin stated that the suspects were Peter Odumola, 19; Promise Benjamin, 20; Emmanuel Ikechuckwu, 19; Richards Adu 18, and Abdullahi Nasiru, 20.
He noted that the suspects were arrested by the operatives of Tolu Police Division on Sunday at 2:00 a.m.
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The spokesman said the police who received information on the ongoing initiation, stormed the scene.
“The suspects were arrested following a distress call concerning an ongoing forceful initiation happening in a hotel in Ajegunle.
“The victim was successfully rescued,” he said.
According to him, the suspects would be arraigned after conclusion of investigations.
He said that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, had urged Lagos residents to report suspicious happenings in their localities to the police.
According to him, that would enable the police rid the state of crime and criminality.
Source: NAN
