5 suspected cultists found with corpse in Ogun

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five suspected members of a cult group with the corpse of a young man.

The suspects – Babatunde Shittu (25); Ayobami Morenikeji (15); Fidelis John (23); Abdullah Adegbenro (17) and Oyeyemi Bakare (20) – were arrested following a distress call received at Sango Area Command Headquarters.

It was gathered that the police were informed that a group of boys were seen with a male corpse in a tricycle heading towards Ota wielding cutlasses, cudgels and sticks.

The spokesman of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Tuesday in Abeokuta said following receipt of the distress call, the area Commander Sango Ota, Monday Agbonnika, mobilized a patrol team to the area where the hoodlums were met destroying and stealing people’s property along Ilo Awela road.

According to him, the police team engaged and subdued them, and five of them were subsequently arrested.

“On interrogation, they informed the police that they went to a party at Mushin in Lagos and on their way out, a fight ensued and in the melee, one of them was overrun by a vehicle and he died on the spot.

“They stated further that they were taking the corpse to the families of their attackers namely, Omo Ekun, Lampad and Anko, purposely for a revenge mission,” Oyeyemi said.

He said the suspects, before the arrival of the police, had damaged one Highlander jeep with registration number KJA 275GD belonging to one Emmanuel Adekoya.

Oyeyemi added that the suspects also snatched an Infinix phone from one Falola Olushola and the sum of N50,000 from Emmanuel Agbaje.

He explained that the corpse had been recovered from them and deposited at Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

The police spokesman quoted the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, to have ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.