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.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned two individuals and their companies before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged N986 million fuel supply fraud and the alleged diversion of additional funds.
The defendants, Ajayi Edward Olushola and his company, Hola Jay Nigeria Limited, were re-arraigned alongside Hannah Nwaguzor Ify and Mozann Global Merchant Limited before Justice Fadipe on an amended four-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing.

According to the EFCC, the amended charge followed the arrest of Hannah Nwaguzor Ify, who had previously been at large, prompting the inclusion of both her and Mozann Global Merchant Limited in the case.

Reading one of the charges before the court, the prosecution alleged: “That you… by false pretence, represented that you had the capacity to supply one million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N986,000,000.00 from Prince Chukwulota Bennett Onuoha.”

In another count, the EFCC alleged: “That you… dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N84,779,000.00 from Irene Abidemi Ifanse for yourselves.”

The four defendants pleaded, “not guilty” when the charges were read to them.

Following the plea, prosecution counsel, H. U. Kofarnaisa, urged the court to remand the fourth defendant pending trial.

Justice Fadipe granted the application, ordering that Hannah Nwaguzor Ify be remanded in a correctional centre.

The judge subsequently adjourned the case until July 7, 2026, for the commencement of trial.