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  • Police nabs suspected notorious cultists, Oriyomi Balogun

    Police nabs suspected notorious cultists, Oriyomi Balogun

    A suspected cultist, Oriyomi Balogun, 30, (a.k.a. J-Prompt) yesterday said he joined the Eiye Confraternity in 2009 to avenge the death of his best friend killed by members of Black Axe.

    The suspect, who said he was happy to have fulfilled his wish, added that he killed two persons, Femi Wiper and Lekan Akon, who murdered his friend, Sunday Folarunsho.

    J-Prompt has been on the wanted list of the police for allegedly unleashing mayhem on residents of Shomolu and Bariga.

    Although he was alleged to have been involved in various armed robbery operations, the suspect denied the allegation, insisting that he only involved in cult clashes.

    He said: “I am a ‘Bird’. I belong to Eiye confraternity and we are always fighting with Aye (Black Axe) over who controls the area. We also fight when they snatch our member’s girlfriend. I joined Eiye because Aye members killed my best friend in 2009. His death pained me so much and Eiye people came to me that they will help me to avenge his killing if I joined them. I agreed and we killed Femi Wiper. We killed him during a carnival. Lekan Akon was killed in 2010. Since then, I have not killed anyone again but my members have been killing people.

    “I was arrested last week while we were chasing a robber who came to our area. Policemen from Alade Division came and stopped us. They arrested me and took me to the station.

    “They said I will have to wait for the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) to come the following morning and that my mother should come and bail me but when my mother came, the DPO said they should not bail me.

    “I do not regret my actions. I take responsibility for it but I want to advise young people that cultism does not pay. They should never repay evil with evil. Our government too is not helping the youth. So many young people who do not intend to take to crime are doing so because there is no assistance from government,” he said.

    Asked how he was able to escape each fight unscathed, the suspect said as an ‘Alpha’, he has his charms, adding that a herbalist was also invited to ‘cook’ them to become bullet proofs.

    Parading the suspect, Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said he confessed to several murders in the last six months, adding that he led the gang that razed popular house, Mashafani.

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  • Lifeless body found in Ondo hotel room

    Lifeless body found in Ondo hotel room

    A middle-aged man whose name was simply called ‘Adegbite’ has been found dead in a room in one of the hotels in Ondo town, Ondo state.

    Although, the cause of his death has remained unknown at press time, it was reliably gathered that the deceased said to be an Engineer is reportedly a close friend to the proprietor of the hotel who is said to be a politician.

    Sources said before the incident, the deceased had lodged inside one of the rooms, before his lifeless body was later discovered late in the night on the fateful day.

    The discovery of his lifeless body was said to have made possible when the owner of the hotel came back later in the night and went straight to the room where he lodged apparently to see him.

    The news of the deceased has continued to generate controversy as people of the community particularly those residing where the incident occurred who were seen gathered in group discussing the development in hushed tone.

    They expressed divergent opinions on what could cause the the incident.

    The information on the death of the deceased Engineer brought spontaneous reactions as people believed to be his relatives suspected foul play and rushed to the hotel to express their shock on his sudden death.

    When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Enuowa Divisional Police station, Kunle Omisakin was said to have been on transfer.

    A senior police officer who preferred anonymity confirmed the report, adding that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the Ondo state Specialist Hospital in Ondo town.

    According to him, the report on the incident has been sent to the appropriate section at the Ondo State Police Command headquarters, Akure.

    The Police Spokesman, Femi Johnson could not be reached for comments.