The men of the Ogun State Police Command
attached to the anti-crime patrol team in the Agbara Police Division on
Friday arrested three students of ICT Polytechnic, Igbesa, in the Ado
Odo/Ota Local Government Area.
The police said the suspects threatened to kill another student if he failed to become a member of Vikings Confraternity.
He said, “Based on this threat, the
student eventually raised the alarm and the police probed into the
allegation before the arrest of the suspects.”
Adejobi said the state Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, commended the victimised student for
exposing the threats of the suspected cultists.
In another development, police detectives
attached to Ota and Ogijo divisions of the command arrested some
suspected armed robbers with arms at different locations in the state.
The detectives who were on routine night patrol along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway accosted some men at a filling station.
Adejobi said during interrogation, the young men opened fire on the police vehicle and fled.
He said, “They were pursued by the policemen and two of them were arrested while one escaped.
“The suspects arrested are Yusuf Ahmed
and Sunday Oluleye. Some locally-made pistols were recovered from them.
Other items recovered from them include four expended and 20 live
cartridges and assorted charms.
“While the anti -robbery team attached to Ogijo Police
