Police Arrest 56 Cultists, Armed Robbers In Lagos

No fewer than fifty suspected armed robbers and cultists have been arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.
It was gathered that the suspected armed and cultists were arrested in Imota, Igbokuta, Adamo and Emure in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State

No fewer than fifty suspected armed robbers and cultists have been arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.

It was gathered that the suspected armed and cultists were arrested in Imota, Igbokuta, Adamo and Emure in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State during a sting operation carried out by the Commissioners of Police Strike Force between Friday 5th and Sunday 7th March 2021.

It was further revealed that thirty-eight (38) of the suspects were males while twelve are females.

Some of the arrested suspects include Abiodun Abbey, aka Oju Ogunle, alleged to have killed more than twenty-two (22) people in the Ikorodu area, Oladunni Abiodun, Dosumu Oluwaseun, Segun Adelaja, Gbamila Iyabo, (wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Igbokuta) who was arrested with one pump action loaded with 8 rounds of cartridges. Also Salisu Islamiyat, wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Emure, arrested with a locally-made pistol with some live cartridges and 44 others.

Other items recovered from them include guns, live ammunition and cartridges, assorted charms, berets with Confraternity logos, paraphernalia of office of Confraternity and some dangerous weapons.

The Commissioner of Police also confirmed the arrest of the six (6) suspected cultists at Ibeju-Lekki area of the state by the police operatives attached to Elemoro Division in compliance with the directive of the Commissioners of Police on constant raids of the criminal’s hideouts in Eti Osa Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects arrested include Adeyemi Hassan, Adesoye Yusuf, Yusuf Sadiku, Isaila Adebanjo, an ex-convict and leader of Aye Confraternity, Mosuru Ojo, and Tajudeen Ramon.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has restated that the command will make Lagos State very hot for criminals, especially cultists, who terrorise the residents of the state.