Police arrest eight 'cultists' at initiation venue - The Nation Newspaper

Eight suspected new initiates of the One Million Boys cult group were on Sunday arrested by the police in Lagos.

According to a statement by spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police those arrested were Sunday Gabriel, 20, Rilwan Dauda, 18, Mohammed Sikiru, 23, Oladimeji Abayomi, 18, Rasheed Alabi, 20, Habeeb Idowu, 18, Olaiya Bisola, 18 and Hazzan Hawawu. “Three sharp cutlasses, a fetish calabash with dangerous juju and weeds suspected to be Marijuana were recovered from them. Suspects were charged to court and remanded in prison custody,” he said.Similarly, policemen attached to Mushin on Friday night intercepted suspected armed robbers alleged to have operated on a Honda motorcycle with registration number AKM300VJ on Ogunmokun Street.

“They take advantage of traffic situations and dispossess unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables such as handsets, laptops, bags and money. The rider refused to stop and was given a hot chase.“The leader of the gang known as Taofeek Abayomi Oladiran, 26, was arrested while others escaped through different directions into crowded areas along Akala, Idi-oro.

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