Police arrest cultist while attacking hotel lodgers in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a member of the dreaded EIye confraternity, Esuruoso Tunde in the early hours of Monday, November 29, 2021, while attacking lodgers at LADIS Hotel at Ebenezer junction, Obantoko area of Abeokuta.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed that the cultist was arrested following a distress call received by the policemen attached to Obantoko divisional headquarters, that the hotel was under attack by suspected cultists.

He said: “Upon the distress call, the DPO Obantoko, SP Ignatius Alimiekena, quickly mobilized his patrol team and moved to the scene.

“The hotel premises was there and then cordoned off by the policemen, making it difficult for the hoodlums who have mingled with the customers to get out of the premises.

“Search was properly conducted on everybody in the premises and a locally fabricated double barrel short gun with one expended cartridge was found on Esuruoso Tunde.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed being a member of the Eye Confraternity, adding that the gun was handed over to him by one of his colleagues simply known as “Scatter.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti cultism section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

He also directed that his other accomplices must be hunted for and brought to justice.

The CP, therefore, warned hoteliers to be wary of those they will be accommodating in their facilities, as any hotel found to be harbouring criminals will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the law.