The Police Command in Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others in connection with different crimes across the state.
Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare, said the arrested suspects included kidnappers, robbers, rapists and notorious cultists, among other criminals.
Represented by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) team of the command, arrested the suspects on April 6, through a bush combing operations.
He named the arrested suspects as Augustine Agboobo, Olamilekan Adeniyi, Friday Williams Ukeuima and Gabriel Ademoh, nabbed inside the forest close to Igede farm settlement.
Dare said the suspects during interrogation confessed to be members of a kidnapping syndicate, who had carried out series of kidnapping operations around the state.
He said that the suspects confessed to have kidnapped one Adeleke Ajibade on June 6, 2022, at Igede farm and others and collected ransom before their release.
The police commissioner added that the command also arrested two suspected robbers and recovered two stolen motorcycles with the assistance of some community members in Oke-Ureje in Ado-Ekiti on April 4, at about 22:00 hours.
