Suspects paraded by the state Police command. Photo: Oyo Police Command.
Eleven students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command over alleged cultism, with firearms, ammunition and other dangerous weapons recovered from them.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, the arrests followed credible intelligence received by the command.
The police said the suspects were apprehended after operatives foiled a planned attack allegedly being coordinated by members of the Eiye Confraternity.
Ayanlade identified the suspects as “Adedapo Victor (24) – alleged leader of the group; Taiwo Rasheed (22) – alleged second-in-command; Emeka Issac (20); Akande Segundo (26); Akande Julius (26); Stephen Opeyemi (24); Fortune Abel (22); Oluwatunmise Ayodeji (22); Adigun Oladimeji (32); Akande Moses (28); and Karim Kalid (20).” Related News NDLEA warns against fake vehicle auction offers Police arrest 11 LAUTECH students for cultism, recover weapons Edo kidnap victims escape as abductors fall asleep
