The Oyo police command has arrested 11 students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, suspected to be members of the Eiye confraternity.
In a statement on Friday, Olayinka Ayanlade, Oyo police
spokesperson, said the arrest followed credible intelligence received by the
command.
The police spokesperson said a thorough search conducted on
the suspects and their hideout led to the recovery of several guns and
ammunition, believed to have been intended for use in violent activities.
“Exhibits recovered include four locally fabricated
cut-to-size pistols; eleven live cartridges; one expended cartridge; two cult
axes; one cutlass; one dagger knife; and one red cult hooded cap,” Ayanlade
said.
“Acting on credible intelligence received by the command,
operatives of the command’s violent crime response unit were deployed after it
was established that members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity had converged at
their hideout within the Under-G, Yuako, and Adenike areas, where they were
allegedly perfecting plans to launch coordinated attacks within the student
community capable of causing widespread unrest.
“On arrival at the identified locations, the operatives
swiftly intervened and successfully foiled the planned attacks before they
could be executed, leading to the arrest of 11 male suspects.”
He said the suspects were taken into custody, where they
voluntarily confessed to being members of the cult group, while the preliminary
investigation further revealed their alleged involvement in various
cult-related criminal activities, including murder.
Ayanlade said further investigation established that all 11
suspects were students of LAUTECH.
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