Ogun Command Bursts Cultists Initiation Venue, Arrests FEDPOLY, Ilaro SUG President, One Other

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA
Ogun State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its fight against cultism as the President, Students Union Government (SUG) of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Adegboye Emmanuel Olatunji and one other member, Olarewaju Taiwo were arrested on yesterday (Sunday).
It could be recalled that the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has earlier sounded note of warning to cultists across the state to have a rethink or face the full wrath of law by the period they are caught.
The arrest of the Federal Government owned institution SUG boss and his cohort was stated in a release made available to Daily Dispatch by the Command PRO, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Monday.
Narrating how their arrest was made possible, Oyeyemi stressed that the duo were arrested following an information received by police at Ilaro division from members of the public that some group of people suspected to be cultists were sighted in a bush at Gbogidi area of Ilaro, where they were trying to initiate new members into their dreaded group.
Furthermore, he revealed that the DPO Ilaro division, CSP Olayemi Jacob, upon receiving the information, hereby mobilized his patrol team and swiftly moved to the scene where the two suspects were arrested with the assistance of members of the public, while others escaped through the bush.
“The two arrested cultists who are in full regalia of the dreaded black axe cult group have been taken to custody at Ilaro divisional headquarters where they are being currently interrogated.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti cultists section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation,” he said.