CULTISM: POLICE ARREST FOUR IN BADAGRY

 

CP YEKINI ADIO AYOKU
Commissioner of Police,
Lagos State

"The arrest of the suspect followed painstaking weeks-long investigation into incessant complaints of cult-related disturbances and killings in Badagry." Hundeyin.

Detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four members of rival cult groups over their nefarious and criminal activities plaguing the Badagry area of Lagos State. 

The arrest of the suspect followed painstaking weeks-long investigation into incessant complaints of cult-related disturbances and killings in Badagry. 

According to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer, PRO in charge of the Lagos State Command, the suspects are, Gbenga Fransisco Olanrenwaju aka Gbengene 'm' aged 40, Asokere Segun aka Seriki 'm' aged 36, Adediran Ibrahim aka Kush 'm' aged 23 and Jimoh Sodiq aka Irawo 'm' aged 27.

"They were arrested in various parts of Badagry Lagos State in an operation that lasted days," the statement read. 

"Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspects belong to Eiye and Aiye confraternities. Suspects would be arraigned at the conclusion of a more comprehensive investigation."

"The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc," according to Hundeyin in the statement, "has assured Lagosians that the Command will continue to combat cultism and related crimes towards ensuring lasting peace in the state."