Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious cultist allegedly terrorising Abeokuta and Ifo environs.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement.
Oyeyemi said the suspect, Rotimi Adebiyi, a.k.a Paracetamol, has been on the command’s wanted list over his role in several cult clashes in the state.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspect, a leader of the Eiye cult group, used to come into Abeokuta metropolis to strike and always ran back to his hideout in Ifo
The police operatives acting on credible intelligence stormed his place at about 1:30 am of Saturday, April 30, 2022, where he was apprehended.
Recovered from him are; one cut-to-size locally-made pistol, one live cartridge, assorted charms, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, and a cutlass.”
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered a full-scale investigation into the past activities of the suspect to prosecute him in court as soon as possible.