The police in Ogun State have arrested three members of the Supreme Vikens confraternity for forcing unwilling person to join their cult group.
The arrest was effected on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
The suspects were arrested, following a report lodged at Igbesa divisional headquarters by one Celestin Oyebuchi, that he was abducted by the trio of Williams Omoori a.k.a Tension; Edet Godswill and Emmanuel Dimgba and taken to an uncompleted building, where he was tortured and forced to join their confraternity.
He stated further that the suspects, after torturing him, gave him blood to drink as a sign of initiation.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Igbesa division, SP Abayomi Adeniji, quickly mobilised his men and went after the suspects.
They were subsequently apprehended at their hideout within Igbesa community.
On interrogation, the three suspects confessed that they were members of Supreme Vikens confraternity.
The confessed further that they were looking for more members to join them which led them to the abduction of the complainant who did not want to join them through persuasion.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti-cultists section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
The police boss also warned that war against cultism in the state was a continuous one.
He however said there was opportunity for those who wanted to renounce their membership to do so before the long arms of the law caught up with them.
