By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo
An 18-year-old suspected cultist Olaide Adelu has been apprehended by policemen in Osun State after he allegedly shot a man.
The Nation gathered that Adelu and Yusuf Arowolo, 22, have been engaged in robbery, cultism and killings in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
Parading the two suspects and two others at the police headquarters yesterday, Commissioner of Police Olawale Olokode said, “On June 26th, 2021 around 4:40pm, my men arrested notorious serial killer Tope Gbenga, popularly known as Jembe, and his cohorts namely Opeyemi Obaniwa, Arowolo Yusuf and Olaide Adelu.
“The suspects confessed to the crimes and led detectives to their armoury in a banana plantation and recovered three single-barrel guns and some cartridges.”
He said one of their armourers, a single mother Azisat Omoboriowo was also arrested.
Speaking with The Nation, Adelu said, “I had an altercation with one man called Sikoli Eleshe who wanted to fight me but I could not overpower him. I took my gun and shot him. We keep our guns with one Tioja. Those guns were recovered from Yahoo boys during the EndSARS protests in Osogbo last year.”
We are using those guns to maim people.”
Similarly, Gbenga Tope, said, he was an ex-convict and he has killed two rival cultist members in 2021 after he left the prison. He noted that the same rival cult groups killed his brother before he went to prison.
“Members of Aye group killed my brother and after I left the prison they were after my life. I was given a gun by the person that initiated me to Eiye confraternity and I used it to kill two people this year.
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