The suspects: Babatunde Shittu, Ayobami Morenikeji, Fidelis John, Abdullah Adegbenro and Oyeyemi Bakare, were arrested on Monday following a distress call to the Sango Area Command headquarters.
Five men suspected to
be cult members and caught with the corpse of a man have been arrested by the
Ogun State Police Command.
The suspects:
Babatunde Shittu, Ayobami Morenikeji, Fidelis John, Abdullah Adegbenro and
Oyeyemi Bakare, were arrested on Monday following a distress call to the Sango
Area Command headquarters.
The command's
spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the Area Commander, Monday
Agbonnika, had promptly responded to the distress call.
The statement also
stated that the young men had confessed that they were on a revenge mission
with the corpse at the house of their opposition who was responsible for the
death of the young man.
The statement read,
"On interrogation, they informed the police that they went to a party at
Mushin in Lagos and on their way coming, a fight ensued amongst them, and in
the process, one of them was overrun by a fast-moving vehicle, and he died on
the spot. They stated further that they were taking the corpse to the families
of their attackers, namely; omo ekun, Lampard and Anko purposely for a revenge
mission.
"The corpse has
been recovered from them and deposited at the Ifo general hospital mortuary for
an autopsy."
The Commissioner of
Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to
state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further
investigation.
He also appealed to
parents to warn their children from partaking in any act capable of undermining
the peace of the state as such an act will be met with strict resistance.
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