Tolulope Afolabi, the state Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, stated on Monday that the suspects included six people arrested in the Ekute area of the state capital for attempted murder and seven others arrested for alleged threat to life and stealing.
Afolabi stated that six of the suspects, Tosin (22), Abejide (22), Adeoye (21), Oke (22), Ayeni (22) and Iremide (22) had been on the radar of the command’s Counter Terrorism Unit since March 8, 2023, before being apprehended on Sunday in Ado Ekiti’s Ekute area.
According to Afolabi, one Omolola (23) reported a case of attempted murder on her by the suspects and how she was mobbed by them and stripped naked as a result of a misunderstanding.
He said, “After the victim was stripped, the suspects injected pepper into her private part, took the video and posted it on a social media group created by the principal suspect, Tosin, who is the group leader.
“Preliminary investigation by the CTU showed that the suspects are members of a cult group in the state capital and their mission initially was to kill the victim and dump her in a pit before an unknown person in the neighbourhood came to her rescue.”
In another development, some students of Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti were arrested by the Counter Terrorist Unit on the 8th of April 2023.
The students were suspected members of Eiye Fraternity who were wrecking havoc on the people living along Poly road, Ado Ekiti.
The Counter Terrorism Unit received a complaint from One Mr Emmanuel Oyekunle, along Poly Road about a threat to his life, stealing and destruction of his property by a suspected cultists group.
He explained that the CTU quickly acted on the information and later arrested seven suspects in connection with the crime.
He said, “The suspects, Adebayo (19), Aladegbemi (22), Ayedemi (18), Oyebanji (20), Abiodun (23), Taiwo (23) and Abiodun (25), were arrested with some stolen goods in their custody.
“All the suspects are currently assisting the command to trace other members of the confraternity.
