The combined team of Kwara State
Police Command and Vigilance group in Ilorin,
Saturday night, swooped on the hideout of Aiye
Confraternity initiation which led to death of
three, four critically injured while 18 were arrested. The cultists from neighbouring states, who
were returning from an initiation ceremony
were mistaken for robbers by the security
operatives. The command Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Olufemi Fabode, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, DSP, confirmed the
incident in Ilorin, yesterday. Fabode explained that prior to the incident, the
police had information that on Saturday night,
robbers were hiding in a bush behind NASFAT
village along Airport Road, Ilorin preparatory to
unleashing terror on the residents of the area. He said: “This prompted various vigilance
groups in the communities around the place to
mount sentry on all roads that lead to the bush
and waited until early hours of the morning
when the Aiye Conferternity completed their
initiation. “Unaware that ambush had been laid for them,
they ran into it. The vigilance groups mistook
them for robbers and opened fire on them.” The PPRO said during the exchange of gun fire,
three of the cult members fell and were almost
burnt before men of the command got there. The police spokesman confirmed that three of
the cultists died, four critically injured and 18
of them were arrested and are being
interrogated by the men of the state CID. He said some of the cultist came from as far as
Lagos, Osun, Ibadan and Oro respectively,
adding that more of them will be arrested He said investigation still continues while those
died have been taken to the University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital mortary , the injured taken
to hospital and the rest 18 are cooling their
feet with the CID. He enjoined Kwarans “to always give useful
information to the Police with a view to make
the state crime free and warned parents to
monitor their wards as some of those arrested
disclosed that they were yet to gain admission
to higher institution, neither their parents know their where about,saying if this could happen
then they would graduate to become kingpin of
the group,” he noted. He however urged the members of various
security agencies in the state to partner with
the command in its untiring efforts to make
kwara state a crisis free one
Police Command and Vigilance group in Ilorin,
Saturday night, swooped on the hideout of Aiye
Confraternity initiation which led to death of
three, four critically injured while 18 were arrested. The cultists from neighbouring states, who
were returning from an initiation ceremony
were mistaken for robbers by the security
operatives. The command Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Olufemi Fabode, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, DSP, confirmed the
incident in Ilorin, yesterday. Fabode explained that prior to the incident, the
police had information that on Saturday night,
robbers were hiding in a bush behind NASFAT
village along Airport Road, Ilorin preparatory to
unleashing terror on the residents of the area. He said: “This prompted various vigilance
groups in the communities around the place to
mount sentry on all roads that lead to the bush
and waited until early hours of the morning
when the Aiye Conferternity completed their
initiation. “Unaware that ambush had been laid for them,
they ran into it. The vigilance groups mistook
them for robbers and opened fire on them.” The PPRO said during the exchange of gun fire,
three of the cult members fell and were almost
burnt before men of the command got there. The police spokesman confirmed that three of
the cultists died, four critically injured and 18
of them were arrested and are being
interrogated by the men of the state CID. He said some of the cultist came from as far as
Lagos, Osun, Ibadan and Oro respectively,
adding that more of them will be arrested He said investigation still continues while those
died have been taken to the University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital mortary , the injured taken
to hospital and the rest 18 are cooling their
feet with the CID. He enjoined Kwarans “to always give useful
information to the Police with a view to make
the state crime free and warned parents to
monitor their wards as some of those arrested
disclosed that they were yet to gain admission
to higher institution, neither their parents know their where about,saying if this could happen
then they would graduate to become kingpin of
the group,” he noted. He however urged the members of various
security agencies in the state to partner with
the command in its untiring efforts to make
kwara state a crisis free one
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