Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of 11 suspected cultists at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. 

The command revealed that all the suspects are students of the institution. 

The command made these declarations via a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade. 

The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. 

Ayanlade in the statement explained that the suspects are members of a cultist group known as Eiye confrontanity. 

He said that some items were recovered from the suspects as exhibits. 

Ayanlade also disclosed that the group planned to launch an attack in the institution. 

He added that the police having got a credible intelligence information acted and foiled the attack. 

Ayanlade said four locally fabricated cut-to-size pistols, eleven live cartridges, one expended cartridge, two cult axes, one cutlass, one dagger knife; and one red cult hooded cap were recovered from the suspects as exhibits. 

“Acting on credible intelligence received by the Command, operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) were deployed after it was established that members of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity had converged at their hideout within the Under-G, Yuako, and Adenike areas, where they were allegedly perfecting plans to launch coordinated attacks within the student community capable of causing widespread unrest.

“The recovered exhibits include, four locally fabricated cut-to-size pistols, eeven live cartridges, one expended cartridge, two cult axes, one cutlass, one dagger knife and one red cult hooded cap,” he said.

Four suspects have been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) lodge in the Specialist Hospital area of Yola in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, possession of dangerous weapons, criminal trespass and robbery.
The suspects are identified by the police as Elkana Ishaya, Mubarak Abubakar, Musa Umar and Kabiru Tanko.

The arrest of the four suspects followed investigation by the police personnel attached to Karewa Area Command and recovery of four mobile phones stolen from the victims.

A report from the command said, “The incident occurred on June 27 at the the place, popularly called Corpers’ Lodge situated within Specialist Hospital, Jimeta, where the suspects, armed with dangerous weapons, criminally trespassed into the building and robbed about 36 corps members of their valuables, including mobile phones.”

The report explained that the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigation, assuring that with the ongoing investigation, more stolen phones and arrest of other members of the gang still at large is expected to be made.

Kabir Hassan, the Commissioner of Police, reassured members of the public, particularly corps members of its commitment to the protection of lives and property for people to go about their normal businesses.

He advised residents to promptly report suspicious persons and movements to the nearest Police Station for proper action in order to free the society from criminality.

A terrorist, suspected to be one of the assailants, who killed the former Secretary to the Benue State Government, SSG, Prof. David Salifu has been neutralized by troops of the Joint Task Force Operation WHIRL STROKE, OPWS.

DAILY POST recalls that the former SSG died after sustaining gunshot injuries during an attack by the criminal elements.

In a statement issued on Friday night, the Acting Media Information to the OPWS task force, Ahmad Zubairu said one of the terrorists died following a gun duel in the Jotar village, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.

The statement indicated that while acting on a credible intelligence about the activities of the criminals, troops were deployed at Kyado “immediately mobilised to the suspected location to prevent the criminals from carrying out their activities.

“On arrival, the troops made contact with the armed kidnappers, resulting in a fierce exchange of fire.

“During the encounter, one terrorist was neutralised, while troops recovered one AK-47 rifle and two empty magazines from the scene.

“The recovery further underscores the determination of Operation WHIRL STROKE to deny criminal elements the freedom to operate within its Joint Operations Area.

“There are indicators that the neutralized bandit may have been part of the gang that attacked commuters on 1 July 2026 which included the former Benue State SSG who suffered a gun shot injury”, the statement added.