Six suspected cultists have been arrested in Ipetu-Ijesa, Osun State, while travelling to the South-South part of the country
Reports had it that some residents saw the suspects at a motor park contacted the police
Police source confirmed that the suspects were in the process of boarding a vehicle in Ipetu-Ijesa going to Ile Oluji from where they intended to join another one that would take them to Delta State, when some eagle-eyed residents that were suspicious of their movement, informed police operatives from Anti Cultism Unit of the Osun State Police Command.
The source further hinted that arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspects, as the operatives swooped on them before they left the premises of the motor park.
The source said, “At the motor park were many travellers when the suspects came into premises.
“They were said to be heading to a town in Delta State, but we can’t say where they were coming from. Since they can’t get a direct vehicle to their destination, they needed to board one going towards their route. The vehicle they wanted to board was heading to Ile Oluji in Ondo State. People around were suspicious of them, and they informed the police. The operatives, not long after receiving the tip off, swooped on them and arrested them within the premises of the motor park. Arms and ammunition were recovered from them by the police.”
Confirming the incident, Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, said the suspects traveling from Ilorin in Kwara State were heading to Delta State when operatives from the command arrested them inside a motor park in Ipetu-Ijesa.,
“We received information from Ipetu-Ijesa that some hoodlums suspected to be men of under world were sighted in their motor park.
She ,however said the command will deal ruthlessly any one found to be disturbing the existing peace in the state in the name of unlawful assembly.
