Osun: Police arrest six suspected cultists in hideout raids

The Osun State Police Command has arrested six suspected cultists during intelligence-led raids connected transgression hideouts successful Osogbo, the authorities capital.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed this successful a connection connected Wednesday connected behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Zungura.

According to the statement, the arrested suspects were identified arsenic Atilola Idris, 22; Shobowale Abeeb, 31; Jimoh Nasiru, 32; Tajudeen Jamiu, 26; Okanlawon Tajudeen, 27; and Abolubode Toheeb, 18.

“They were arrested astatine antithetic locations successful Osogbo connected October 8, 2026.

“The arrests were carried retired by operatives of the Osogbo Area Command astatine identified susceptible locations and achromatic spots arsenic portion of efforts to curb cultism and different transgression activities successful the state.”

DSP Ojelabi said the cognition followed quality gathering targeting transgression hideouts crossed the area.

The constabulary said 1 of the suspects, identified successful the connection arsenic Tajudeen Okanlawon, confessed to being initiated into the Aye confraternity cult radical successful 2023.

The connection said Okanlawon was initiated by a idiosyncratic identified arsenic the precocious Lekan Lexy.

The fishy reportedly alleged that Lekan Lexy was killed by members of a rival cult radical during activities starring up to the recently...