The Commissioner of police CP in Ekiti State Moronkeji Adesina said the Anti-Cultism Unit of the command in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nigeria,VGN Omuo-Ekiti Unit has on Sunday 17/07/2022 at about 19:00hrs, arrested seven (7) suspected cultists.
The CP in a press release on Sunday signed by the police public relations officer PPRO ,DSP Sunday Abutu stated that the arrested suspects are: Gbenga Abiodun Oluwatobi 26yrs, Akinola Ademola Ojo 22yrs, Rotimi Tolulope 35yrs, Samuel Sesan 22yrs, Abiodun Adeleke 42yrs, Olagunju Temitope 21yrs and Adekunle Oluwaseun 24yrs.
“The suspects were arrested around Broni-Broni Quarry construction site in Omuo-Ekiti where they were having their meeting and initiation of new members.
” The arrested suspects confessed that they are members of Eiye confraternity group and were having their usual meeting and registration of their new members when they were arrested.
“The suspects were arrested with some wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp including their registration notebook that contains their names and ranks such as Coordinator, N.G1 to N.G5, Flight Commander 1 to Flight Commander 7, Eagle 1 to Eagle 8, Government, Mopol 33, amongst others”
The CP added that “the suspects will be arraigned accordingly while effort is in progress to arrest other fleeing suspects”