The Lagos Police Command has arrested 10 suspected cult members in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in a statement, on Sunday in Lagos, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants at Ogunmuyiwa St, Itire based on credible information about their activities.
According to him, the operatives received an intelligence report on April 8, 2020 at about 2000 hours, that the suspected cultists were operating in the Itire area.
The operatives stormed the cultists’ hideout and arrested 10 persons.
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The statement identified the suspects as: Ahmed Ajibosi; Quam Gabriel, Rasheed Afolabi, Terry Ebode, Ibe Ugochukwu, Yusuf Abubakar, Uche Ndubuisi, Lateef Akintunde, Ojo Sunday and Wale Sodiq.
In a related development, Elkana said Shagamu Road Police Station arrested six persons suspected to be miscreants who had been causing trouble at Agric Bus Stop, Owutu.
He said: “The suspects arrested are namely: Olushola Shotola, 33; Samuel Adebayo, 28; and Umaru Ibrahim, 23.
“Others are Ayo Idowu, 30; Gbolahan Adeola, 18; and Hammed Lukman, 35.
“Investigation is ongoing, the suspects will be charged to court.”
