The Olasunkanmi Joseph, a POS operator, was allegedly killed in Ado-Ekiti, and his N3.5m was taken by 13 suspected cultists, according to the Ekiti State Police Command.
Remember that on Thursday, April 6, 2023, Olasunkanmi was killed in the open while leaving a bank at the Irona Roundabout in Ado Ekiti.
The suspects were paraded at the command center over the weekend alongside 16 other people who had been detained on charges ranging from attempted murder to kidnapping.
The suspected cultists were detained after a reliable tip that they were preparing another robbery attack from their hiding place, according to DSP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokeswoman.
The suspects admitted to having participated in robbery attacks and kidnappings while being members of the Supreme Eiye Confraternity cult in Ikere, Ekiti.
The PPRO asserts that the suspects’ AK-47 rifle was one of the weapons used to murder the POS operator.
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“On September 15, 2023, at approximately 09:30 a.m., the Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) mobilized to the scene and detained one Adewumi Gbenga a. based on a credible tip that some suspected cultists who frequently rob unwary citizens of their valuables were preparing another armed robbery attack from their hideout in Ikere-Ekiti.
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a PASU, Samson Gideon, Ogundare Tobi, Adamolekun Lekan, and Olanipekun Daniel.
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a FINEST, Daramola Tope, Mayowa Ojo, Alaba Ayobami, Aremo Olatunji Oladele, Adebayo Peter, and Abiodun Bosede,” said Abutu.
“After a search, the suspects’ one AK-47 rifle was found. Afao Divisional Police Headquarters, Ikere-Ekiti was attacked and set on fire during the ENSARS protest in 2020, and the suspects stole the AK-47 rifle from the station along with other weapons and valuables, according to the investigation.
The suspects admitted during questioning that they were part of the powerful Eiye Confraternity cult in Ikere-Ekiti.
“The RRS operatives increased their efforts, which resulted in the capture of one Ojo Laba, Omotoso Sunday, and Alabi Babatunde.
The AK-47 rifle was discovered to be one of the weapons used to rob one Olasunkanmi Joseph at the Irona roundabout in Ado, Ekiti on April 6, 2023, of the sum of three million, five hundred thousand naira (3,500,00:00).
The victim was killed there and then.
“Additional evidence revealed that one of the detained suspects, ADEWUMI GBOYEGA a.
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On July 11, 2023, in Ikere, Ekiti, a PASU, a drug baron and current head of the Supreme Eiye Confraternity, planned the abduction of Falana Opeyemi, whose whereabouts are still unknown.
An effort is being made to catch additional suspects who are eluding capture and find additional potential stolen weapons.
