Six suspected cultists have been arrested in Ipetu-Ijesa, Osun State, while travelling to the South-South part of the country.
According to The PUNCH, a source said residents that saw the suspects at a motor park contacted the police.
According to him, the suspects were in the process of boarding a vehicle in Ipetu-Ijesa going to Ile Oluji from where they intended to join another one that would take them to Delta State, when some eagle-eyed residents that were suspicious of their movement, informed police operatives from Anti Cultism Unit of the Osun State Police Command.
Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the development, said the suspects traveling from Ilorin in Kwara State were heading to Delta State when operatives from the command arrested them inside a motor park in Ipetu-Ijesa.
She said, “We received information from Ipetu-Ijesa that some hoodlums suspected to be men of under world were sighted in their motor park.
“A police team moved to the motor park and apprehended the six suspects. Meanwhile, four cut to size locally made pistols with 155 rounds of live 9mm ammunition were recovered from them.
“The suspects confessed to be members of Eiye confraternity from Ilorin town, Kwara State, and were heading to Delta State for cultism operation.”
