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Four suspected members of Aye and Eiye Confraternities were arrested by operatives of the Ogun State command on Saturday July 17 during a supremacy battle.

The suspects – Olusegun Owoola, 26; Gbenga Akinkade, 34; Jinadu Waliu, 30 and Sanni Hammed 27 were arrested in the Atan Ota area of the state.

The Divisional Police Officer, Atan Ota division, CSP Abolade Oladigbolu, had received information that the two groups were on the rampage at Hotel Road area, Atan Ota, and that there were sporadic gunshots in the area.
He mobilized his men and moved to the scene where they met the two groups engaging each other in serious gun battle.

The policemen there and then engaged the hoodlums and subsequently subdued them, at the end of which four cultists were apprehended.

Recovered from them are one locally made pistol, three live cartridges, two knives, iron rod and assorted charms.

The Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Cultistm section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

He also warned that the command would not tolerate any act of brigandage and hooliganism, and would do everything within the law to eradicate it.

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The police in Ogun have arrested three suspects for alleged land-grabbing at the Odogbolu area of the state.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday said the suspects were arrested on Friday.

The suspects, Wasiu Adenuga, Michael John, and Moruf Alaba, were arrested following a complaint by one Kemi Olukoya – whose land they allegedly invaded.

According to the complainant, “while she was at her new site supervising construction workers, a group of boys numbering about eight invaded the site, and started shooting sporadically and chased the workers out of the site.”

“She stated further that the hoodlums also snatched her bag containing sum of N500,000 and her handsets valued at N40,000 at gunpoint,” the statement read.

Mr Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said officers from the Odogbolu divisional headquarters were detailed to the scene to arrest the suspects.

“Upon the report, the DPO Odogbolu division SP Adeniyi Awokunle mobilized his men, and moved to the scene, on getting there, the hoodlums were seen escaping through the nearby bush, they were hotly chased and one of them by name Wasiu Adenuga was subsequently apprehended.

“Further combing of the bush led to the arrest of two others namely; Michael John and Moruf Alaba, while three Bajaj motorcycle they used for their operation were also impounded,” Mr Oyeyemi said.

The police could not effect the arrest of other fleeing members of the gang, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

The police spokesperson said the complainant identified the three arrested suspects as members of the gang that attacked her and her workers.

He said the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for investigation.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Awolowo, has directed that the fleeing members of the gang be arrested and brought to justice.

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Suspected bandits have killed 12 people at Maikujera in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state.

Confirming the attack, the spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said the incident happened around 4:30pm on Thursday.

According to him, 12 people were killed by the assailants.

He, however, said that nobody was abducted by the bandits.

Meanwhile, some gunmen suspected to be bandits were said to have blocked Sokoto-Gusau road on Sunday.

A motorist, who was among the people trapped, told Daily Trust that the gunmen blocked portion between Bimasa and Lambar Bakura and operated for almost two hours.

“Many of travellers had to stop at Bimasa until the bandits left,” he said

However, ASP Abubakar could not confirm the attack.