By Adeola Badru
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected members of the outlawed Eiye Confraternity, all identified as students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, following a coordinated operation that thwarted an alleged planned attack within the university community.
The operation, carried out by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), also led to the recovery of firearms, ammunition and other dangerous weapons allegedly intended for use in violent activities.
According to the police spokesperson, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, in a statement, the arrests followed credible intelligence indicating that members of the cult group had converged at hideouts in the Under-G, Yuako and Adenike areas of Ogbomoso, where they were allegedly finalising plans to launch coordinated attacks capable of causing widespread unrest within the student community.
The operatives reportedly stormed the identified locations, disrupted the alleged plot before it could be executed and arrested the 11 suspects without incident.
