Anthony Iwuoma
The Ogun State Police Command has nabbed and paraded 11 persons for allegedly being behind the death of 25 residents of Ogun State.
The suspects, who were alleged members of the Eiye Confraternity, were accused of killing the victims in the course of supremacy battles between rival cult groups in Ijebu Ode and its environs last year.
Parading the suspects in Ijebu Ode, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, disclosed that the suspects engaged security operatives in a fight before they were eventually arrested and taken to the Ijebu Area Command in Igbeba
According to the CP, assorted arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspects.
Ajogun read the riot act, saying: “I 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 a 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.
“It will be fire for fire, and whoever is arrested will be made to face appropriate charges, including attempted murder, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping. This warning is for all the youth and parents in Ijebu Ode and environs in particular, and to the general public at large.”