Two members of dreaded Eiye cult group have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command over land grabbing.
The suspects are 34 years old Oladayo Bello and 40 years old Awobajo Muritala.
They were apprehended on August 11, 2020 following an information received by the DPO, Ogijo division, CSP Muhammed S Baba, that a group of Eiye cult members were gathering at Kanniyi area in Shimmawa where they were planning to go and attack some communities within the area on the instruction of a yet to be known land grabber.
On the strength of the information, according to the police spokesman in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the DPO led his operatives to the already identified hideout where not less than 20 members of the group were met with various types of dangerous weapons.
On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums opened fire on them and ran to various directions in a bid to escape.
The operatives restrained from firing back to avoid killing innocent members of the public but they chased and apprehended two amongst them.
Recovered from the arrested ones are two cut to size guns, five live cartridges, two expended cartridges, one battle axe, assorted criminal charms and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
He equally ordered that the fleeing members of the group must be hunted for and brought to book.
The police boss warned land grabbers to stay away from the state as he would not hesitate to deal decisively with anybody trying to disturb the peace of the state under any guise.
