Police arrests 12 suspected cultist in Ogun State

The police in Ogun have arrested 12
suspected cult members in Ogijo, Sagamu
Local Government Area of the state.
The police said weapons including guns,
live catridges, Indian hemp and assorted
charms were also recovered from the
suspected cultists.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa
Adejobi, said in a statement on Tuesday
that a team of police detectives led by the
Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo Division,
Superintendent Toyin Afolaogun, stormed
the hideout of the cultists at 12.15am last
Saturday and arrested the 12 suspects.

Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police,
said the arrest of the suspected cultists,
who had made life miserable for the Ogijo
people, followed complaints from members
of the public and intelligence report from
the State Intelligence Bureau of the
command.

The statement read in part, "On Saturday,
some teams of police detectives led by the
DPO Ogijo Division, SP Toyin Afolaogun,
pounced on the cultists in the area
between the hours of 12.15am and 4.30am
and
arrested 12 cultists belonging to
different cult groups.

"The command has been duly informed of
the dangerous activities of the cultists who
have been terrorising and robbing people
of the area, particularly on their land, when
they are constructing structures on their
legally acquired land.
"The command is ready to sanitise the area
and get rid of miscreants and cultists."

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