News: 8 Persons Arrested On Top Ijebu Igbo Bloody Cult Fight

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight suspects over a bloody conflict between two rival cult gangs in Ijebu Igbo on Wednesday, which resulted to the demise of 1 individual.

The police confirmed that the suspects have been members of Aiye and Eiye confraternity.

Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirming their arrest, stated that the suspects have been picked up at their hideouts the place they have been holding a gathering in preparation for one more assault.

He stated instantly the report of the conflict received to the discover of the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, he directed the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad and Anti-Cultist/Kidnapping sections to maneuver in and apprehend the hoodlums.

He stated, “The Officer-in-charge of FSARS, Uba Adam, and his workforce swung into motion and launched into an intensive investigation, including that their efforts paid off when the hoodlums have been found.

“They stormed the place and received eight of them arrested with varied sorts of harmful arms and ammunition.

“The suspects are Muyiwa Talabi, Tunde Adeyemi, Korede Pariosho, Dayo Johnson, Segun Saka, Niyi Adeshina, Micheal Oluwaseun and Afolabi Ismail.”

Oyeyemi added that via investigation, the police found that the duo of Talabi and Adeshina have been those, who allegedly hacked the sufferer to demise.

He stated in a retaliatory transfer, their co-accomplice, who additionally performed a distinguished function within the killing, was traced to his home by the rival gang and killed on Friday morning earlier than the police arrived on the place.