Police parade 59 for murder, rape, kidnapping in Ogun

Police in Ogun State, on Wednesday, paraded 59 suspects for alleged murder, rape, kidnapping and cultism.

Those paraded included 25 suspected members of the Buccaneer cult group arrested during an initiation ceremony in Abeokuta, the state capital.

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Parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, disclosed that the suspects were arrested alongside three herbalists who conducted the initiation.

The police boss also paraded three murder suspects – Ugo Obi, Chinozo Jude and Chibuike Samson – for allegedly beating a 23-year-old man, Samuel Ajibade, to death over alleged phone theft.