The Ogun State Police Command has foiled a suspected cult initiation in Owode-Yewa, arresting three secondary school college students, together with a 12-year-old boy.
The suspects, aged 12, 18 and 18, have been arrested following credible intelligence that college students from completely different secondary colleges within the space have been planning a cult-related exercise tagged “Kito Day”.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, mentioned the Divisional Police Officer, Owode-Yewa, acquired the knowledge on Thursday and swiftly deployed detectives in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nigeria to the scene.
The operation led to the arrest of the three suspects and restoration of 1 English axe, two knives, one brief cutlass, one rubber toy gun and a school bag.
Babaseyi mentioned the case can be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for additional investigation and doable prosecution.
DAILY POST reviews that the foiled initiation comes amid rising issues over cultism infiltration into secondary colleges in Ogun State.
Earlier this week, police operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics, SWAT, Unit additionally arrested a 30-year-old suspected cultist, Idris Obarayi, in Abeokuta and recovered a domestically made pistol following a misery report of gunfire in Oke Ago-Owu space.
To curb the pattern, the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices, POCACOV, has intensified sensitization in colleges, partnering with stakeholders in the course of the 2026 All Youth/Secondary Schools Leadership Summit in Ifo, the place practically 180 college students participated.
Police authorities have urged dad and mom, guardians and school heads to intently monitor actions of their youngsters and report suspicious gatherings promptly.
