Police arrest 6 suspected cultists in Osun

The Osun state police command Tuesday introduced the arrest of six suspected cultists in Osogbo, the state capital.

The police said that the arrest adopted focused, intelligence-led raids on recognized black spots and felony hideouts throughout the state capital.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abiodun Ojelabi, in a press release on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Zungura, recognized the suspects as Ajibade Lateef (21), Olaniyi Kabiru (27), Ifaleke Ifedeji (18), Tajudeen Wasiu (35), Abideen Babatunde (35) and Opeyemi Lukman (18).

Reaffirming its dedication to safeguarding lives and property, the police vowed that tactical raids on felony hideouts will proceed throughout Osogbo and the broader state till lasting peace and safety are totally established.

Police said that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects are members of the Eiye Confraternity and are believed to belong to a infamous felony gang terrorising residents across the Mackay Junction space of Osogbo.

Items recovered from the suspects embrace suspected felony charms, illicit medicine and money suspected to be proceeds from illicit drug peddling.

Zungura said that the suspects have been charged to courtroom, including that the command is intensifying intelligence-gathering and tactical operations to establish, apprehend and prosecute different people concerned in cultism, drug-related offenses and different crimes throughout the state.

Reiterating the command’s zero-tolerance stance, CP Zungura warned that Osun won’t function a secure haven for cultists, drug sellers or felony components.

He urged people and teams concerned in illegal actions to desist instantly or face the complete weight of the legislation.