Friday, July 19, 2024 -The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a cult group for kidnapping and killing two people.
The suspects, Olabode Owoeye (32), popularly known as Bode Itaapa;
Mukaila Lateef (45) and David Samuel (26), were arrested with pump action guns
and a Beretta pistol in their possession.
Spokeswoman of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, said some people reported
at the Iperindo Police Station that two persons, Kelechi Agha and Tega
Robinson, left home to a mining sites and did not return since February 8,
2024.
Opalola said credible intelligence revealed that some members of the Aye
confraternity were sighted moving freely around with weapons the same day.
The PPRO said that detectives arrested Bode Itaapa and that he confessed
that his gang was responsible for the abduction and k!lling of the missing
persons.
The suspect also confessed that his group comprised of political thugs
working for a politician in the state.
The politician passed directives to the gang through another cultist,
Adefioye Solomon, popularly knowns as Solo Iwara, who was on police wanted list
for so many murder cases within the Ilesha axis
In an interview with the Daily Trust at the command’s headquarters in
Osogbo, the suspects confessed to the allegations.
Other items recovered from the suspects
included an unregistered TVS motorcycle, charms and one black unregistered
Toyota Highlander.
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