Police arrest 10 for alleged murder of twin for cultism in Ekiti

Two men, Oguntoyinbo Odunayo and Babatunde Akinola, were among 10 others that the Ekiti State police command said it has arrested for murder and cultism in the state. Odunayo and Akinola were alleged to have murdered a twin, Kehinde Olomola, in Igede Ekiti last week by hacking him to death. The other eight are suspected […]

Two men, Oguntoyinbo Odunayo and Babatunde Akinola, were among 10 others that the Ekiti State police command said it has arrested for murder and cultism in the state.

Odunayo and Akinola were alleged to have murdered a twin, Kehinde Olomola, in Igede Ekiti last week by hacking him to death.

The other eight are suspected cultists who the police said had been terrorising Igede and Ado Ekiti communities in recent time.

The names of the suspected cultists are Babatunde Jimoh, Shittu Dayo, Tope Adeleye, Omowaye Rotimi, Akinola Ajisafe, Femi Felix, Adebayo Tope and Tope Oluwabusuyi.

Another rape suspect, a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Tolulope Bamgboye, was arrested for allegedly raping a female student.

The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bello Ahmed, parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti yesterday, said Odunayo and Akinola allegedly hacked the victim in the neck, leading to his death.

Ahmed, speaking through the Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, said the two men were arrested following a distress call from Igede Ekiti about the murder incident that occurred on August 28 at Ilamoye in Igede Ekiti.

He explained that Olomola died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, from injuries sustained from the cuts.

He said, “A team of police operatives, upon investigation, found one long axe with blood stains at the scene of the crime. The two suspects, who had direct connection with the murder, were immediately picked up and are being thoroughly grilled to be able to extract useful information from them.”

Ahmed added that the suspected cultists, who were alleged to belong to the Aye and Eye confraternities, were arrested at Odo Igede on August 29.

He said all the suspects had confessed membership of the secret societies.

The police boss stated that the rape suspect, Bamgboye, was arrested in Oye Ekiti after allegedly having carnal knowledge of his victim (names withheld) in the town.

He added that the suspect had confessed to the crime and would be prosecuted as soon as the command gathers more evidence to substantiate its case.