Six associated individuals with Eiye cult group were on Sunday 11th of September 2022, captured by men of Ogun state Police Order, while endeavoring to kill a conventional ruler in his castle.
This was unveiled in a proclamation on Monday by the express order’s representative, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He said the suspects, Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Hammed Jelili, Ogundele Ojeh and Sunkanmi Fadina were captured following a trouble call got at Oja Odan divisional base camp from the Oba of Gbokoto land, Oba G.O Olukunle, at around 4:25 pm, that a few cultists were going to kill him in his palace.
Upon the trouble call, as per the assertion, the DPO Oja-Odan division, immediately activated his men and moved to the palace, where they met the criminals shooting irregularly inside the royal residence.
The police officers drew in them in shootout and in the long run stifled the cultists and got six among them captured.
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The assertion said on cross examination, the captured associates admitted being individuals with the feared Eiye confraternity, they additionally educated the police that, it was the child of the Oba who is currently at large that welcomed them to come and take out his dad due to an irritating issue the Oba has been having with his mom.
Recuperated from them are; one privately made twofold barrel gun, two live cartridges and one exhausted cartridge, while the child of the Oba who has taken to flight was said to have gotten away with another firearm having a place with the gathering.
In the interim, the commisioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has requested the prompt exchange of the suspects to State Criminal Examination Divisions for cautious examination with the view to charging them to court on the finish of the examination.
The CP likewise requested a monstrous manhunt for the escaping child of the Oba to deal with him.