JSS 1 pupil, 56 others arrested during cult initiation

The police in Lagos State on Monday paraded a 15-year-old pupil, simply identified as Idris, for allegedly belonging to the Aiye Confraternity secret cult.
Idris is in Junior Secondary School 1 at a private school in the Orile area of the state.
He was paraded along with 56 other suspected cult members at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Monday by the Commissioner, Edgal Imohimi.
The suspected cult members were arrested on Thursday at Elemoro, Ajah by the police and members of a vigilance group in the community while performing initiation rites for new members, including Idris, who had tattoos on his chest and hand.
They were about to complete the rites when the operatives swooped on them around 4am.
Two locally-made cut-to-size guns, three live cartridges and 22 expended cartridges were reportedly recovered from them.
Imohimi said: “Based on credible intelligence that members of the dreaded Aiye Confraternity were performing their initiation rites at a shrine in a thick forest in Abule Egbanu, in the Elemoro, Aja area of Lagos, the Divisional Police Officer, SP Mohammed Limawa, mobilised his men.
“The DPO received support from the undercover operatives of the Area J, Elemoro and the men of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the command.
“Together, they stormed the area and arrested 57 members of the notorious Aiye Confraternity.
“Some of them were not in their right senses at the time of the arrest due to drug overdose.
“Items recovered from the suspects include two Suzuki mini buses with number plates, LND 893 XV and EPE 189 XV, respectively, one Volkswagen bus, one Mitsubishi space wagon marked, SMK 455 AL, and two Toyota Camry cars with number plates, BD 760 DH and LSD 506 EC.”