The President of the Students’ Union Government of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Adegboye Olatunji, and one Olarewaju Taiwo has been arrested while in the middle of initiation, the Ogun State Police Command announced on Monday.
The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the suspects were caught in the bush in full regalia of the dreaded black axe cult group.
He said, “The duo was arrested following information received by the police at the Ilaro Division from members of the public that some group of people suspected to be cultists were sighted in a bush at Gbogidi area of Ilaro where they were trying to initiate new members into their dreaded group.
“On receiving the information, the DPO Ilaro Division, CSP Olayemi Jacob, mobilised his patrol team and swiftly moved to the scene where the two suspects were arrested with the assistance of members of the public while others escaped through the bush.
“The two arrested cultists who are in full regalia of the dreaded black axe cult group have been taken to custody at the Ilaro Divisional Headquarters, where they are being currently interrogated.”
The PPRO added that the state Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the anti-cultists section of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for a discreet investigation.
Meanwhile, the Polytechnic has suspended Adegboye for alleged involvement in cultism, according to a statement signed by the Deputy Registrar, Public Relations, Sola Abiola.
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