Police arrests 7 underage newly-recruited cult members in Lagos
Police in Lagos have rounded up some suspected cult members in the Bayeku, Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of the state.
The suspects, according to state police boss, Edgal Imohimi, were arrested around 11pm last Friday while they wanted to initiate new members, including seven underage persons.
Imohimi, while parading the suspects on Monday, said the newly recruited members were deceived that they were going for a party at Ikorodu.
He said: “Three of the suspects, Lekan David, 24; Eko John, 21; and Kudus Idris, 19, confessed to belonging to the dreaded Eiye Confraternity and they were arrested while conducting initiation for newly recruited members.
“Investigation further revealed that the suspected cult members reside on the Lagos Island and the newly recruited members were deceived that they were going for a party at Ikorodu, where they were rounded up. One worrisome thing about this arrest is that seven of the suspects are minors.
“The minors will be transferred to the gender unit of the state command for diligent prosecution, while the remaining six will be charged to court,” the CP added.
Imohimi also paraded suspected robbers who allegedly terrorised residents of the Ojo and Okokomaiko areas of the state.
He identified the robbery suspects arrested as Wasiu Adam, Rasheed Yekini, Babatunde Ibrahim, Funmilola Lateef, Afeez Adeola, Rilwan Mohammed, Idowu Agboola, Mohammed Abubakar and Emmanuel Joseph.
“An English double-barrelled gun, one cut-to-size gun, one locally-made single-barrelled pistol, one live cartridge, one Bajaj motorcycle, with the number plate AKN 386 QF, and quantities of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, were recovered from the suspects,” he said.
“The suspects mentioned one Funmilola Lateef and Mohammed Abubakar as the receivers of their loot.”
But the suspects, including 28-year-old Funmilola, who hails from Ejigbo, Osun State, denied involvement in the crime.
Funmilola said she was a girlfriend to one Osoko, one of the robbery suspects, who was at large.
She said, “I am Osoko’s girlfriend. I didn’t know he is a robber until I was arrested. It was his younger brother who led the police to arrest me.”
