The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected
cultists in Owo area of the state, shortly after they were initiated as members
of Aye confraternity in the bush along Owo/Ifon Expressroad.
Vanguard gathered that the suspects came from Uzeba in
the neighbouring Edo State for the initiation, and were rounded up while
returning to their base in Edo.
It was learned that the Anti-Crime Patrol team, led by
Owo Area Commander, Eboka Friday, arrested the suspects.
Contacted, police spokesman in the state, Femi Joseph,
said the suspects had made confessional statements that they were in Owo town
for initiation.
On how they were nabbed, Joseph noted that the body
language of the suspects and the blood-stained polythene bags found on them
aroused suspicion that led to their arrest and subsequent detention.
Joseph assured that all the suspects would soon be
charged to court, after the completion of investigations, adding that the
command would make the state hot for criminals.
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