Police foil cult initiation, arrest 5 suspects, rescue victim…
Written by City Radio on July 11, 2023
Policemen attached to Tolu Division, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested five suspected cultists while attempting to initiate their victim into their cult group.
The suspects identified as Peter Odumola, 19; Promise Benjamin, 20; Emmanuel Ikechuckwu, 19; Richards Adu, 18 and Abdullahi Nasiru, 20 were arrested on July 9, 2023 about 2a.m., following receipt of a distress call concerning an ongoing forceful initiation in a hotel in the Ajegunle area of state.
Confirming the incident, Benjamin Hundeyin, Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, said: “The victim was successfully rescued. The suspects would be arraigned upon conclusion of investigations.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Idowu Owohunwa, has charged Lagosians to promptly alert the police to suspicious happenings in their localities to enable the police rid the state of crime and criminality.
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