Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of the Supreme Vikens confraternity for forcing unwilling persons to join their cult group.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Ogunyemi, in a statement on Saturday.
The suspects were arrested on July 8, 2021 following a report lodged at Igbesa Divisional Police Headquarters by one Celestin Oyebuchi, who reported that he was abducted by the trio of Williams Omoori, aka Tension; Edet Godswill; and Emmanuel Dimgba and taken to an uncompleted building, where he was tortured and forced to join their confraternity.
He stated further that the suspects after torturing him, gave him blood to drink as a sign of initiation.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Igbesa division, SP Abayomi Adeniji, quickly mobilised his men and went after the suspects.
They were subsequently apprehended at their hideout within Igbesa community.
On interrogation, the three suspects confessed to be members of Supreme Vikens confraternity.
They confessed further that they were looking for more members to join them, which led them to the abduction of the complainant, who may not want to join them through persuasion.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Cultists Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
Ajogun said the war against cultism in the state is a continuous one, but there is opportunity for those who want to renounce their membership to do so before the long arms of the law caught up with them.