Two members of the dreaded Aiye cult have been arrested in the early hours of Sunday at different locations by operatives of Ogun State police command.
The two suspects, Habeeb Muideen (a.k.a. Oko 8) and one Ibrahim (a.k.a. Ayin), were arrested following a distress call received by SWAT operatives that the group were engaging in a supremacy battle with another rival cult at Elega/Iberekodo axis of Abeokuta metropolis.
Upon the distress call, according to spokesman of the police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the commander of SWAT, CSP Kalejaye Olanrewaju, quickly led his men to the scene.
On sighting the policemen, the cult members ran to different directions but were hotly chased and Habeeb Muideen was arrested at Iberekodo while Ibrahim was apprehended at Ajitadun area of the metropolis.
The two suspects were said to be undergoing interrogation at SWAT office to determine their roles in the clash which left one Eiye member dead.
Recovered from the arrested suspects were battle axes and assorted charms.
Not less than 37 members of various cults have been arrested in the last one month when the command started clamping down on cultists across the state.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered a comprehensive manhunt for the fleeing members of the groups.
