Osun police arrest three suspected cultists, recover firearms, weapons

The Osun State Police Command has announced the apprehension of 3 suspected cultists and governmental thugs, and the betterment of firearms, ammunition, charms and different unsafe weapons during abstracted operations successful the state.

The bid disclosed the arrests successful a connection issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, connected behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan.

According to the statement, “the arrests were portion of ongoing efforts by the constabulary to guarantee that Osun State remains a sanctuary for law-abiding residents and not a harmless haven for transgression elements.”

The constabulary identified the suspects arsenic 27-year-old Adekola Olayinka Abdulazeez, 28-year-old Omolara Ezekiel, and 32-year-old Babatunde Azeez.

Items recovered from the suspects, the connection revealed, included “three English Beretta pistols, 1 unrecorded circular of ammunition, 1 cut-to-size gun, 2 unrecorded cartridges, 4 cutlasses and 3 axes.”

The constabulary said the cognition began connected “May 22, 2026, astatine astir 10:00 a.m., erstwhile a patrol squad attached to the Ikirun Area Com...