Four members of the dreaded Aiye cult group, who are said to be responsible for the killing of one Segun Onifade on April 20, 2022, have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.
The arrest was carried out in continuation of Ogun State Police command war on cultism and other vices.
The suspects were arrested on Sunday.
Spokesman of the police in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects, who had been on the wanted list of the command were arrested following an information received by policemen at Ilaro divisional headquarters that the suspects were holding a nocturnal meeting at a hideout behind Eleja Primary School, Igbo Ewe area of Ilaro.
Upon the information, the DPO Ilaro division, CSP Olayemi Jacob mobilised his men and moved to the scene where four of the suspects namely – Samson Jacob (a.k.a Cybog), Iyanu Kazeem Akande (a.k.a Omo Iyami), Adebayo Adeoluwa (a.k.a Dudu) and Yusuf Adelakun – were arrested.
Recovered from them are two cut to size locally made pistols, four live cartridges, one battle axe, five different handsets, assorted charms, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and one unregistered red Bajaj motorcycle.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti-cultists unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
The CP also directed that the war against cultism and other violent crime must be sustained so as to make the state a peaceful place for all to live.
