By Abidemi Samuel
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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 15 suspected cultists and recovered various firearms and illicit substances in a bid to curb cult-related activities in the state. The suspects were paraded at the command headquarters in Ibadan, the state capital, on Monday.
According to the State’s Police Commissioner, Sonubi Ayodele, the command has received disturbing reports of cult-related activities in some parts of the metropolis, particularly around Apete, Abayomi (Iwo Road axis), Ijokodo, Moniya, Monathan, Ojoo, Samonda, and Sango areas of the state.
The police commissioner noted that the command’s strategic interventions to counteract and diffuse the sinister trend of cultism include intelligence gathering, advocacy campaigns, designated stakeholders’ meetings, and regular intelligence-led raids. These efforts led to the arrest of the 15 suspected cultists, who were found with various firearms and illicit substances. The items recovered during the intelligence-led raids include:
Five inscribed cultism jackets
Three dane guns
One locally made pistol
One locally made cut-to-size gun
One long barrel gun
One red Toyota Camry with registration number KTU 41 JH
One red cloth
One powder blue beret with inscription
Three cutlasses
One black Honda car with registration number GGE 64 FM. Among the suspects paraded at the command were:
Ajayi Toheeb (Male), aged 26
Agbolahan Afeez (Male), aged 19
Amoo Ifeoluwa, aged 25
Ajimude Mathew, aged 26
Tomiwa Adeniyi, aged 24
Atoyebi Temitope
Ismail Lamidi
Rasheed Salawudeen
Babatola Adetunji Ajibade
Adeosun Jamiu, aged 31
Musedeen Lamidi, aged 44
Quyum Adesokan, aged 22
Adigun Samad
Kamorudeen Rasheed
Toheed Abass
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