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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of Eiye cult group for forcefully initiating a student into their group.
The suspects, Owoseni Gbemisola and Ogunsola Ayo, as confirmed by the Ogun State Police command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, were arrested following a report by a 21-year-old student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (name withheld), who reported at Ago Iwoye Divisional Headquarters that he was lured to Ijebu Igbo by one Yemi Justice, a.k.a JP, under the pretence of going for a job, but on getting to Ijebu-Igbo, the said Yemi alongside Owoseni Gbemisola and Ogunsola Ayo blindfolded him, beat him and forced him to be initiated into Eiye confraternity.
“Upon the report, the DPO Ago Iwoye division, SP Noah Adekanye, detailed his detectives to go after the suspects and bring them to book.
“The detectives there and then embarked on intelligence surveillance for the suspects, and their efforts paid off when Owoseni Gbemisola was sighted in Ago-Iwoye where he was still threatening to get back to the complainant to bring him to their fold either he likes or not.
“He was promptly arrested by the operatives who unknown to him were lurking around.
“His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice Ayo Ogunsola who was traced and apprehended in their hideout, while Yemi Justice who has since took to flight is being hunted for”.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation, with the view to charge them to court as soon as possible.