Two rival cult leaders, others arrested in Lagos suburb
Rasheed Abdulateef, 25, and Abubakar Mohammed, 29, have been arrested for cultism in the Agege area of Lagos state. The two, the police said, are leaders of rival cult groups responsible for the incessant gang wars in the suburb.
Police equally apprehended 14 other cultists working under the commands of bothAbdullateef (popularly called Adagun) and Mohammed (otherwise known as Yaba).
Among them are Daramola Idowu, Anjorin Lateef, Akeem Odusanya, Sulayman Odusanya, Alasela Olamilekan, Apelogun Elijah, Musa Mali, Moses Sunday, Isiaka Hassan and Musa Thairu.
“The suspects were arrested in sting operations spanning two weeks led by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi.
“The arrest of the two rival gang leaders, Adagun and Yaba, along with their gang members followed sustained and diligent intelligence gathering within Agege communities”, said a police statement signed by its spokesperson Benjamin Hudenyin.
Recovered from Adagun are a rifle butt, police vest, pepper spray, a knife, machete, hard drugs amongst others.
The suspects are said to be in the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigations and their eventual prosecution.
Similarly, the police arrested two other suspects, Monday Okezie, 36, and Oluwasegun Oladipupo, 32, who the police claim are “notorious for supplying hard drugs to the gangs.”
Items gathered from them during the arrest are large quantities of codeine, tramadol and rohypnol.
The suspects are said to have been handed to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
