Police operatives of the Ogun State Command recovered  charms and  other dangerous weapons as exhibits in the operation which lasted for several hours amid exchange of gun fire.

The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, CP Olarenwaju Yomi Oladimeji, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday at the State Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta.

Police boss, Olarenwaju, while addressing the media, revealed that the suspects were arrested following intelligence information received that some members of the dreaded Aiye Confraternity had assembled themselves at the Elega area of Abeokuta in preparation for a supremacy battle with another group.

The Police Commissioner revealed that his officers swung into action as the cult group engaged the operatives in a gun-battle, which left two of the cultists injured while others took to their heels.

It was during this process that Bababu was arrested alongside other suspects were detained in Police custody, undergoing interrogation over their activities in Ogun State and its environs.

In the same vein, the CP paraded other members of the armed robbery syndicates terrorizing Sango Ota and its environs, including Sheriff Kamoru 28; Rabiu Seyidu 37; Opeyemi Adebayo 26 and Ajibola Fakolade 21.

The suspects were said to have robbed one Adeleye Sunday on the 20th of March, 2023; macheted his neck at Joju, collected his two phones and subsequently withdrew N600,000 from his account through the bank’s App, on his phone.

 Moreso, other suspects paraded were Adebiyi Adeyemi and Osisemowo Ayobami, also cultists of the same Eiye Confraternity from Stan/Idiroko; Muyiwa Juwon Adebola and Lukman Olumuyiwa.

Arms recovered from them were;

Two locally made double barrel guns,

five native knives,

five expended cartridges,

a battle axe,

two locally made shotguns,

four live cartridges

and the charms recovered from Bababu during the operation.

The Police boss stated that the suspects will be charged before the Court for the various offences committed under the Criminal Laws of the State but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Oladimeji, has attributed the feat achieved in the fight against criminals in the last few days to the strategies mapped out at the Command to deal with criminals in the state.

He said the Command would deploy all its resources to wage war against crime and criminality as well as their sponsors.

CP Oladimeji solicited the continued support of members of the public especially in the area of useful information that would aid the Command in the efforts to rid of crime state.