Seven arrested over police, Ife cultists’ shootout

Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye

The police in Osun State have arrested seven suspected cult members in Ile-Ife following a disturbance by some cultists, who engaged in violent activities in some areas of the town.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspected cult members caused pandemonium at Agbedegbede/Ompetu and More areas of Ile-Ife and paralysed business activities  for some hours.

A resident of Ile-Ife told our correspondent on Saturday that policemen and members of vigilante groups moved in to stop the chaos caused by the cultists while some of them were arrested in the process.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, in a statement said seven suspected cult members were arrested by the police, who were deployed to restore normalcy to the town.

She said, “Upon information received by the A Division in Ile Ife that cult members were on rampage in Ife town, police patrol teams and vigilante men were immediately drafted to the scene and seven suspects were arrested.”