According to the police, the suspects had allegedly converged for "meeting activities, consumption of alcoholic substances, chanting, and initiation attempts."
The Ogun State Police Command has announced the arrest of 30 suspected cultists following the disruption of an alleged cult initiation procession in Isara-Remo, Ogun State.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), working in collaboration with detectives from the Isara Area Command and Isara Division, carried out the operation on Wednesday, June 16, 2026.
The police identified the suspects as Muiz Olawale, Adeniji Akinwale, Ajayi Victor, Damilola Oluwasegun, Adewale Olayemi, Aminu Rahmon, Olodudu Ademola, Matthew Imoleayo, Adenle Habeb, Lekan Qudus, Olamilekan Ayanleke, Adegbasa Ezekiel, Ibukun Adeniyi, Abiodun Babatunde, Oshofolahan Michael, Salau Adedeji, Benjamin Kehinde, Magnus Elijah, Oluwadamilare Samson, Oyebowale Ojutona, Abiodun Makanjuola, Idowu Toheeb, Olamide Sunday, Malik Also, Abdullahi Damilola, Israel Ayomikun, Oyeledun Ezekiel, Adelabu Imoleayo, Ajayi Oluwasegun and Olaawun Faith.
The statement disclosed that the operation followed intelligence reports indicating that a group of suspected hoodlums had gathered at an uncompleted building in Isara-Remo for what authorities described as an unlawful assembly.
