Several members of dreaded cult groups have been arrested across Ogun state during the special operations carried out by men of Ogun State police command to checkmate their violent activities in the state.
The suspected cult members were arrested following bloody clashes between members of some cult groups which have been terrorising different parts of the state in recent time.
According to the police spokesman in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the supremacy battle between members of Aye and Eiye cult groups had left not fewer than four persons dead in Abeokuta and Itori area of the state.
He said following the disturbance, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, CP Lanre Bankole, ordered the massive manhunt for any member of either of the group, consequent upon which all the command’s tactical teams launched special operations to flush out the hoodlums.
Oyeyemi said in the course of the operation, the following suspects were apprehended in different parts of the state: Toheeb Erinoso; Olufunso Moyo; Sanya Ayinde; Ramon Oyetola; Akinyemi Olamide; Monsuru Akindele; Adeoba Saheed and Babalola Rasaq.
Three locally made guns were said to have been recovered from them and they had reportedly confessed their membership of Aye and Eiye confraternity.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has ordered the continuation of the operation until all the hoodlums terrorising the state will be flushed out, the police spokesman revealed.
He said the police boss also appealed to parents to call their children and wards to order as anyone caught fomenting trouble under any guise would be decisively dealt with.
