Police operatives deployed by the Ogun State Police Commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali,have arrested no fewer than 120 alleged cultists from various location of the state.
The operatives attached to Agbara Division of the command on Sunday nabbed about 84 alleged cultists in a forest at Imoshe, Igbesa, Ogun State during a suspected initiation of new members.
In a statement signed by the state Police Spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday, said the men attached to Ifo Divisional Headquarters also apprehended ten suspected cultists with arms and ammunition on Monday during initiation at Ifo in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
Adejobi also stressed that three suspected cultists were also apprehended at Ilaro by policemen on anti-crime patrol during their meeting in a hideout.
Also, an anti-crime squad which was deployed to curtail cult activities in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Monday, arrested 30 suspected cult members after the killing of Babatunde Alamutu, a.k.a. Emir, in Ago Odo area of Abeokuta.
He further noted that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, based on a tip off, pounced on some suspected members of a cult group called Seadogs at Ijeja area of Abeokuta at 6pm on Tuesday and five persons were arrested in the process.
The suspects are: Adegbenro Sadiq, Adebayo Olajide, Sholeye Segun, Odejinmi Yusuf and Emmanuel Ajadi.
Items recovered from the suspects included assorted charms, bottles of dry gin, broken bottles and various items meant for initiation.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, have been directed by the CP to be handed over to the Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, DCIID, Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigations and prosecution.
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