3 ‘cultists’ arrested for forcing new member to drink blood

Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested three suspected cultists after allegedly forcing a young man to drink blood during initiation.

The suspects – Williams Omoori aka Tension; Edet Godswill and Emmanuel Dimgba – were arrested following a complaint by the victim, Celestine Oyebuchi at Igbesa Divisional Police Headquarters.

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The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this yesterday, said Oyebuchi told the police that some people suspected to be cultists forced him to drink blood and tortured him to join their group.

Oyeyemi said the victim added that he was abducted by three cultists and taken to an uncompleted building for the initiation into their confraternity.

The PPRO said the suspects were arrested on Thursday following a report by the victim that three members of Supreme Vikens confraternity forced him to join their cult group.

He said the suspects confessed being members of Supreme Vikens confraternity, adding that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti Cultists section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.