Sagamu Cult Clashes: Police Catch Additional Suspects Who Were Running Away

The Ogun State Police Command has detained two more individuals suspected of being members of a cult, namely Taofik Awolaro, 36, and Ojetayo Oluwaseyi, 29, who are said to have participated in the recent four-day cult conflict in the Sagamu area of the state.

According to a state police spokeswoman, Oluwaseyi and Awolaro were detained on Wednesday after police received information about their whereabouts in the state’s Ilishan Remo region.

Odutola stated that efforts were still being made to apprehend additional group members who had fled the scene during the operation.

The conflict that allegedly broke out between the Aye and Eye Confraternities a few weeks ago caused chaos in the neighborhood and resulted in the deaths of eight persons.

Damilare Bello, a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, and six other suspects were later detained in separate operations by the state police and the Department of State Security Services together with 19 others who were thought to be members of various cult organizations.

In the meantime, the Ogun State Police Command said that its officers engaged some armed robbers who broke into the Remo Majestic Hotel in Sagamu in a gunfight at around 1 am on Friday. Two of the criminals were critically wounded, while others are believed to have managed to flee with gunshot wounds.

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According to the command, one of its officers, an inspector, and two security guards were also shot by the armed robbers, and the conditions of the injured cops, who are reportedly receiving medical care at the moment, are stable.

In a statement released on Friday, Odutola said that at around 1:00 a.m., Acpol Sagamu received a distress call claiming that armed thugs were operating at the Remo Majestic Hotel in Sagamu.

A mixed squad of policemen was dispatched to the scene, she continued, based on the report.

Abiodun Alamutu, the state’s commissioner of police, has been informed and has ordered an immediate manhunt for the two fleeing suspects who suffered gunshot wounds but managed to escape.
According to Odutola, a preliminary inquiry showed that the alleged armed robbers interacted with other guests before commencing their heinous attacks.