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Cultists Kill 25 Residents In Ogun – CP
Police have arrested Eleven suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity for allegedly killing 25 persons within a month in Ijebu Ode and its environs.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Ajogun, who made this known on Tuesday, declared that the police would engage cultists in the state in an operation he described “fire for fire.”
He said this after parading the suspects and meeting with some youths and stakeholders at the Ijebu Area Command, Igbeba, Ijebu Ode.
He lamented over the incessant disturbances in the town, adding that the command is ready to come all out against cultists everywhere in the state.
Ajogun stated that 16 persons had been arrested in the last one month, while assorted arms and ammunition were recovered from them.
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According to him, some of the suspects are currently being prosecuted for attempted murder, murder, robbery and cultism.
He said, “I, therefore, want to sound a note of warning to all the leaders, rank and file members, counsellors and procurers of cultists, and others, who are nursing the ambition of joining them that the command is all out for you all. We are determined; we are battle ready.
“Henceforth, any person, cultist or not, found with weapon or displaying weapon in the public, or using same to maim or kill in Ijebu Ode metropolis and environs, and indeed in any part of the state, will be dealt with in the most decisive manner.
“I, therefore, want to appeal that all hands must be on the deck to check the disturbing activities of these hoodlums, which are portraying Ijebu Ode and its environs in bad light.”
The CP also visited some cultist flashpoints in Ijebu Ode to sensitise youths and community leaders to the danger of aiding and abetting cult groups.
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