A notorious cultist identified as Alabede Usman, popularly known as Jagaban, was arrested by operatives of SARS, led by CSP Olusola Aremu, during a clash between Aiye and Eiye confraternity members at Ijokodo area of Ibadan on April 8.
He said when the SARS operatives got to the scene of the clash, a member of Aiye was found dead, while some had sustained injuries.
“The suspect was, however, arrested with a blood-stained knife and two cartridges, and he will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation into his case,” the state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu said.
While speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, Usman confessed to being a member of Aiye confraternity but denied that he was the owner of the knife and cartridges linked with him.
The police also arrested two Fulani men, Danneri Mohammed and Abubakar Woru, who allegedly attacked a businessman, Abduraheem (surname withheld) on the road Ayemojuba village, via Saki, while returning from the market on March 25.
The Commissioner of Police said that the suspects chopped-off the businessman’s left hand with a machete and also inflicted machete cuts on his head and face before dispossessing him of N3.1 million.
Olukolu stated that the victim was later rescued by some road users while he was writing in his blood, and the incident was reported at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operational base in Saki.