The five suspects were arrested in different parts of the state, causing a huge sigh of relief from some indigenes
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The suspect, who is said to be a member of Aiye Confraternity, is facing a five-count charge filed against him.
One of the deceased, identified as Rotimi Esomojumi, was said to have been matcheted to death at Arane Street
Officers had received information that members of Aiye Confraternity (a.k.a Black Axe) were carrying out an initiation in the bush at Onicha-Ugbo community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
According to a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, the State Anti-Cultism Unit of the command on July 3, foiled a cult initiation in a bush in Ogume community in Ogume Local Government Area of the state.
Against the backdrop of information that member so the group planned to mark their annual ‘7/7’ (Boogie Night) on July 7, the Divisional Police Officer of ‘A’ Division, Warri, CSP T. Y. Mahmud, led men of the divisional Rapid Respond Squad on visibility patrol, and arrested one Oghenewaro Bebe, 21, of 22 of Ughoton area in Okpe Local Government Area in full regalia of Black Axe Confraternity.
Police operatives attached to the Area ‘J’, Ajah and Ogombo Division of Lagos arrested the four suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity while on routine Stop and Search duty.
Police in the South West states of Lagos, Ogun and Oyo have in the past three days announced that they received information that members of the Aiye Confraternity (aka Black Axe) were planning to mark their annual ‘7/7’ celebration (Boogie-Night) in many states of Nigeria on July 7.
The cultists, Balogun Opemipo and Korede Onabanjo, were apprehended on March 21, according to available information.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendants are: Adeniyi Timileyin, 18; Tajudeen Akinlolu, 20 and Waheed Abbas, 19.
The Police responded to a distress call from members of the public that some suspected cultists were seen at Igbelara Area with dangerous weapons to foment troubles.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Monday.
Eighteen members of two rival cult groups whose constant violence in Ogudu and Ojota areas resulted in the killing of eight people, have been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants, inaugurated by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has arrested the leader of Aiye Confraternity, Sikiru Samuel.
The clash, which occurred in Ijora Badia area of the state, was said to have been between the Aiye and Eiye confraternities.
The Spokesman for the command, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday.
The state’s command gave the warning in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Olugbenga Fadayi, in Ibadan.
Another bloody clash between the Aiye and Eiye Confraternities on Sunday evening in Badagry, Lagos State has left one person dead, reports the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said that operatives of the Bariga Police Division arrested the suspected cult member on June 26, at Odo-Eran Street, Bariga.
The accused are: Shobande Akeem, 28, Sunday David, 32, Quwin Jese, 21, Ismaila Raheem, 25, Abiodun Ajifolawe, 25, Ibrahim Adetunji, 25, and Segun Adeola, 33.