Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended 10 suspected cultists who have been using dangerous weapons to dispossess members of the public of their belongings.
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects were taken in on February 5, 2020.
Oyeyemi gave their names as Moses Johnson, Chinedu Okechukwu, Oka James, Mathew John, Moses David, Fuhad Sulaimon, Joseph Emmanuel, Stephen Samuel, Ozon Austin and Ope Taiwo.
He said they were arrested following a complaint lodged at Ogijo Divisional Police Headquarters by one Olaojo Emmanuel, who reported that on February 4 2021, he was attacked with his wife by a group of men at about 9:30pm and dispossessed of his iPhone 7 plus, valued N130,000 at gunpoint.
Emmanuel stated further that he sighted some of those people who robbed him at Ita Oluwo area of Ogijo.
On the strength of his report, the Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo Division CSP Muhammed S. Baba, mobilized his men and moved to the scene, where 10 of the hoodlums were apprehended.
The complainant and other victims of their atrocities have come forward to identify them as those who robbed them at different times.
The Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
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