19-yr-old wanted cultist arrested in Lagos for murder

The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected 19-year-old cultist, Ifeoluwa Dodo, for allegedly killing one Ojo Taiwo in the Bariga area of the state.

According to a statement on Sunday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, the 19-year-old Dodo had been on the run after mobilising eight members of his cult to kill Taiwo in February.

Five members of his gang had been arrested and charged to court for murder.

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Elkana said in the statement: “On June 26, 2019, around 8am, personnel of the Operation Crush from the Bariga Police Station arrested one Ifeoluwa Dodo, 19, a strong member of the Aiye Confraternity, at Odo-Eran Street, Bariga. The suspect had been on the wanted list of the police for the murder of one Ojo Taiwo in February, 2019, at Bariga. He escaped after leading eight other members of his cult to carry out the murder.

“Five members of his gang were initially arrested and charged to court for murder. On the same date around 5.30pm, the operatives arrested one Kunle Oyediran, 24, of Ifelodun Street, Bariga, with two other members of his gang. The arrested cult members were responsible for a series of violent attacks and robberies in Bariga. The suspects will be charged to court.”

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