Police bust initiation rites, arrest 24 suspected ‘Aiye’ cultists in Ondo

No less than 24 suspected cultists person been apprehended by the Ondo State Police Command during initiation rites successful the state.

The suspected cultists, alleged to beryllium members of the dreaded ‘Aiye’ confraternity, were nabbed successful Ile-Oluji, the office of the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo section authorities country of the state.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Abayomi Jimoh, the suspects were intercepted pursuing credible quality received up of the unlawful gathering.

Jimoh, who maintained that upon the receipt of the actionable intel, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad successful Akure were swiftly deployed, aft which the suspects were rounded up successful the bush wherever the initiation rites were going on.

Preliminary probe revealed that the suspects, each males, allegedly converged from antithetic parts of the authorities and beyond for initiation rites and a concealed cult gathering held successful a bush concealed wrong Ile-Oluji town.

“The cognition was executed professionally and without incident, thereby preventing what could person posed a superior menace to nationalist bid and information successful the area.

“Items recovered from the suspects during the cognition see 2 Aiye confraternity crested caps, substances suspected to beryllium Indian hemp and respective mobile phones believed to beryllium applicable to ongoing investigat...