The Ogun State Command has paraded 25 suspected members of the dreaded buccaneer cult group during an initiation ceremony in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Parading the suspects before journalists at the command's headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state commissioner of police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun disclosed that the suspects were arrested alongside three herbalists who conducted the initiation.
The suspects were among 59 others paraded for rape, kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, fraud among others.
The commissioner said the cultists were arrested following intelligence report that some cultists were planning to unleash mayhem on members of the public after conducting an initiation rite for new members in Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta.
He disclosed that the police recovered battle axes, cutlasses, weed, suspected to be Indian hemp and regalia of their group.
The police boss also paraded three murder suspects: Ugo Obi, Chinozo Jude and Chibuike Samson for allegedly beating a 23-year-old man, Samuel Ajibade to death over alleged phone theft.
Ajogun said the suspects pounced on the victim and beat him to death for allegedly stealing two mobile phones belonging to one of them.
The police also paraded one Tunde Bello, a taxi driver who allegedly abducted and raped a 29-year-old lady (name withheld).
According to Ajogun, the suspect abducted the victim while on her way to work last September and collected N140,000 before she was released.
Also paraded was a fraudster, Daudu James who according to the commissioner specialized in swapping ATM cards of unsuspecting victims and siphoning money from their accounts.
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