Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected armed bandits who uses locally
made bullet proof vests, to rob motorists, just as it nabbed two suspected cultists who were engaged
in initiation of some young men in a bush at Imosan-Ijebu, via Ago-Iwoye on Saturday.
The suspects, who are among the strong leaders that masterminded the initiation process, are 25-year-
old Obasanjo Segun and Musari Saheed, 25, of Computer Village in Ago-Iwoye.
The robbers, who specialized in snatching cars in Ota area of the state, were nabbed on Saturday
around 10am along Owode/Idiroko road in Ota.
They were arrested by police operatives attached to Onipanu Division of the command following a tip off from an informant.
Those the police picked up at their hideout along Owode/Idiroko road in Ado Odo Ota Local Government area are Mathew Faleti, M, 25,
Shola Isah, M, 35, Monday Edun, M, 22, Mkses Kumolusa, M, 20, and Adebisi Telfa, M, 20.
The suspects have confessed to belonging to a syndicate of car snatchers who have been terrorizing
Otta area and Ogun State at large, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a
release on Sunday.
“They also confessed to have powers to hypnotise their victims,” he said, adding: “Items recovered
from them include one red unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, locally made bullet proof vest, assorted
charms, dangerous weapons and various suspected stolen goods.”
Adejobi explained that the suspected cultists were arrested when some of the newly initiated members
reported their
illegal act to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the
Division, that the cultists actually forced them into the bush for
initiation without their consent.
“The suspects have confessed to belong to Aiye confraternity,
also known as Black Axe,” the police image maker said.
He stressed: “The Commissioner of Police Ogun State, CP
Abdulmajid Ali, has directed that the suspects in the cases
of Robbery and Cultism be transferred to the Special Anti-
Robbery squad for proper investigation as he will not tolerate
any act of cultism and criminality in Ogun State.”
“Ali also vowed to flush cultists out of the state as he believes
that cultism is the basis for any crime or social vices, that if
cultism is tackled, crime is 90 percent tackled,” Adejobi, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police, said.
Source: Gateway Mail
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