The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested 21 suspects in connection with the recent killings and other crimes in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four persons, including a commercial motorcycle ticket agent, were recently killed by gunmen at various locations in Ado-Ekiti.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, told reporters yesterday in Ado-Ekiti that the suspects were arrested following discreet investigation by the command.
The spokesperson for the command said the suspects were arrested for alleged armed robbery and cultism.
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Abutu explained that the suspects were members of different cult groups who killed people in the state as reprisal attacks within their confraternity.
He said a police investigation indicated that one of the suspects is a member of the ‘Eiye Confraternity.’
Abutu said further investigation also led to the arrest of several other suspects, including members of a notorious cult gang, who allegedly came from Plateau State to take part in the act.