Nineteen suspected cultists have been arrested in connection with alleged cult- related crisis at Alakuko,Dalemo and Kola areas of the state.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police,Mr Hakeem Odumosu, announced this in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Monday in Lagos.
Odumosu said that intelligence reports revealed that the hoodlums came from Otta axis of Ogun to lay siege and cause cult- related crisis in the affected border communites.
He said items recovered from the suspects included dangerous weapons, assorted charms and weeds suspected to be hemp.
The Commissioner said the Command had deployed additional police personnel, including Police Mobile Force,to curtail activities of the hoodlums and restore normalcy to the communites.
” I have also directed that the suspects arrested be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,Panti,Yaba for discreet Investigation” he said.
Odumosu enjoined community leaders in the areas to support the Police in combating the crisis and getting rid of bad boys in their respective areas . He assured that the command was working hard with the Police Command in Ogun to decimate activities of hoodlums in the area.
