Monarch’s Son Hired Cultists To Kill Father In Ogun

Ogun state Police command have arrested Six suspected members of the Eiye cult group on Sunday, September 11, while attempting to kill a traditional ruler in his palace.

The suspects‘ names are, Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Hammed Jelili, Ogundele Ojeh and Sunkanmi Fadina.

A statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspects were arrested following a distress call received at Oja Modan divisional headquarters from the Oba of Gbokoto land, Oba G.O Olukunle, at about 4:25 pm, that some cultists were about to kill him in his palace.

”Upon the distress call, the DPO Oja- Odan division, quickly mobilized his men and moved to the palace, where they met the hoodlums shooting sporadically within the palace.

The policemen engaged them in the shootout and eventually subdued the cultists and got six of them arrested.

On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed been members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity. They also informed the police that, it was the son of the Oba who is now at large that invited them to come and eliminate his father because of an unresolved issue the Oba has been having with his mother, ”Oyeyemi said.

The police spokesperson added that Items recovered from them include one locally made double barrel pistol, two live cartridges and one expended cartridge, while the son of the Oba who has taken to flight was said to have escaped with another gun belonging to the group.

He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation with the view to charging them to court after the investigation.
The CP also ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing son of the Oba to bring him to justice.