This was contained in a statement by the Command Spokesman and a Superintendent of Police, SP Daniel Ndukwe, on Saturday.
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The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, made this known while addressing the students during their matriculation ceremony at the university’s main campus, Ojo.
Marwa who made the call while delivering the keynote address at a seminar organized by the Ijebu Ode Council of Olorituns in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state on Saturday 9th August 2025 themed “Dangers of drug abuse, cultism and banditry among youths”, noted that collective responsibility must be embraced by all stakeholders to curb the menace of the inter-linked social vices of illicit drugs, cultism and banditry.
To this end, the government has called on parents, traditional rulers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to join hands in fighting against the scourge.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fred Itua, said the high spate of cult-related violence predated Governor Okpebholo’s assumption of office.
Governor Okpebholo justified the demolition of a building linked to a cultist, saying proper procedures were followed by the state government.
The resolution was made public in a statement on Monday in Benin, the state capital, by Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor.
A Situation Report sighted by The Eagle Online revealed the incident was reported by a hunter and Forest Security Service Officer, Asho Peter.
The Executive Chairman of the LCDA, Dele Oshinowo, read the riot act while responding to some residents’ concerns.
The spokesman of the Command, Bright Edafe, said Small Juju was arrested following an earlier arrest of a suspect.
The State NSCDC commandant, Matthew Ovye, said this while parading the suspects in Owerri on Wednesday.
According to reports available to The Eagle Online, the accused student was arrested at about 2:30am on Sunday.
The Kwara State Police Command has commenced aggressive raids of black spots, stop and search, and a total clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles operating at illegal hours to check activities of cultists.
A Sabo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos State, Monday remanded three men in the Ikoyi Correctional Center for allegedly being in possession of a gun and belonging to an unlawful society.
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested 124 people for alleged involvement in cult fighting and killings in the state.
The governor, who made the declaration at the Akarigbo’s Palace in Sagamu Friday at a stakeholders security meeting, said his administration had had enough and was ready to deal with the matter once and for all.
The State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, disclosed this Wednesday while parading the suspects before newsmen at the State Command Headquarters, Ikeja.
Wasiu, whose home address was not provided, was charged with conspiracy, cultism, illegal possession of arm, damage to property, assault, breach of public peace and grievous bodily harm.
This is coming on heels of recent killings by suspected cult gangs in some parts of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bartholomew Onyeka, paraded the suspects before journalists on Wednesday in Jos.