Police arrest five during cult initiation in Lagos hotel

Five alleged cult members were detained by police officers assigned to the Tolu Division of the Lagos State Police Command while being initiated in the state’s Ajegunle region.
The suspects are Abdullahi Nasiru, 20, Peter Odumola, 19, Promise Benjamin, 20, Emmanuel Ikechuckwu, 19, and Richards Adu, 18.
Platinum Times was told that the arrest came after the Divisional Police Officer for the Tolu Division received a distress call about some suspected cultists forcibly initiating a new member in a nearby hotel.
Police officers reportedly detained five suspects and saved the new member who was being forcibly introduced, according to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police public relations officer, who verified the event in a statement on Monday.
He said, “Operatives of the Tolu Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultists, Peter Odumola, 19, Promise Benjamin, 20, Emmanuel Ikechuckwu, 19, Richards Adu, 18, and Abdullahi Nasiru, 20.
“The suspects were arrested on Sunday, July 9, 2023, around 1am following receipt of a distress call concerning an ongoing forceful initiation happening in a hotel in the Ajegunle area of the state. The victim was successfully rescued and the suspects will be arraigned upon conclusion of investigations.”
Hundeyin said the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, charged residents to report any suspicious happenings in the localities to help expunge criminality in the state.
He added that the state frowned at cult activities and would not hesitate to lawfully punish anyone who belonged to any of such groups.