The Ogun state police command has paraded 40 suspected Cultist In Ogun

The Ogun state police command has paraded 40 suspected cultists said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities.

The suspected cultists were arrested for a series of crimes ranging from armed robbery to killings within the state.

The ogun state commissioner of police addressing the press during the parade at the state police headquarters in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, said the suspects had been terrorising the state, especially, residents of the sagamu local government area.

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According to Oladimeji, the suspects were arrested with weapons such as eight live cartridges, daggers and cutlasses, axes, short guns, pistol and jack knives among others.

Oladimeji added that the police recovered Venza car with number plate ksf 935 hx and substances suspected to be indian hemp from the suspects.

The commissioner, in his address said that 24 of the suspects had been charged to court.

He advised parents and guardians to warn their children against criminality as any criminal act will be seriously resisted by security agencies.