The Ogun state Police Command, Monday, paraded a 23-year-old suspected member of the Aiye Confraternity, one Kazeem Tiamiyu.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, said the suspect was arrested on Oreagba Street, Ondo Road, in the Ijebu Ode area on Sunday, January 3, 2016. This follows the command’s anti-cultism fight and investigation into various murder cases in the area.
In his confession, Tiamiyu said, “Since I joined the group in 2012, we have killed no fewer than 15 persons in the state.
“Personally, I have killed just five people,” the 23-year-old confessed.
He said, “I have participated in five operations.
Butcher, as he is fondly called, said the murder he took part in happened during reprisals on members of a rival group.
“I have sold several guns to cult members in Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo, and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun and I also have buyers from Lagos,” Butcher further confessed.
“I dropped out of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic when my parents stopped funding my education after they discovered that I was a cult member.”
According to reports, Tiamiyu’s arrest led to the arrest of a trans-border arms dealer, Taiwo Adekun, who was nabbed alongside his stepdaughter, Sofia Opeifa, on Wednesday in Ijebu Ode, when they came to supply arms to Tiamiyu.
The two suspects were paraded alongside Tiamiyu.
The trans-border arms dealer, Adekun, who explained that he travelled to Ijebu Ode from the Ifonyintedo area of Republic of Benin, also confessed to have supplied no fewer than 42 guns and one AK-47 rifles to cults and other criminal gangs in Ogun and Lagos states.
He claimed to be a blacksmith, adding that he is not the manufacturer of the guns, but got them each time customers demanded for them.
He said, “I am not the producer, I only supply the guns. This is my forth time of supplying guns to Tiamiyu. I sell the single-barreled guns for N10, 000, while the double-barreled is sold for N20, 000 each.
“I never knew they were cultists, I supply them guns because they told me the guns were used for security jobs in filling stations,” Adekun added.
Also paraded was one Nosa Unity, a driver of a truck with number plate, AFZ 525 XA, loaded with stolen petroleum product totaling 10,000 litres.
The PPRO, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed that Unity was arrested at the Ibafo area of the state. The vandals, who contacted him, fled on sighting the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The suspects will be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
He also stated that Tiyamiyu was arrested with charms, four single-barreled short guns, one double-barreled cut-to-size gun, one single-barreled cut-to-size gun, expended cartridges and seven rounds of live cartridges.
He said, “From investigations conducted, the Aiye Confraternity has been responsible for cult-related killings and some armed robbery in the Ijebu area.
“Adekun and Opeifa were arrested in the Ijagun area of Ijebu Ode while trying to supply guns to Tiamiyu.
“The suspects are responsible for supplying guns to cult and criminal gangs in Ogun and Lagos and they were arrested with five locally-made short single-barreled and five double- barreled short guns.
“The Commissioner of Police has continued to say the police have zero tolerance for cultism and will continue to make life unbearable for the perpetrators.
“This is a warning to criminals in Ogun State; in their own interest, they should leave the state. We are still after other fleeing members of the group,” the PPRO warned.
Comments