By OlA MODUPE, Lagos –
Lagos State Police Command has said its operatives have arrested a suspected cultist, Adedotun Jelili aka Baba Ibeji and his gang members in Ikorodu.
Baba Ibeji, the 25-year-old cult leader is said to have received a honorary award in January 2022.
A statement released by the state police on its Twitter page, said he was arrested in a cultists’ den alongside three others while security personnel were responding to an alert by residents.
Photos of the suspect posing with his award is currently circulating on social media platforms.
“Acting upon intelligence provided by civic-minded Lagosians, operatives of the CP Special Squad of the Command stormed some cultists’ den in Isawo, Ikorodu on April 16, 2022.
“Adedotun Jelili ‘m’ 25yrs, and Solomon Moses ‘m’ 22yrs have provided useful information to the Police.
The Lagos State Police Command, however, called on parents, guardians, traditional/religious/political/youth leaders to prevail on the teeming youth population to shun cultism and other vices.
The command further noted that the suspects would be charged to court at the completion of investigation.”
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