A 34-year-old notorious cultist, Adekunle Adebanjo, popularly called “Kunle Polly” has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command over the alleged killing of a member of a rival group in Ijebu Ode.

The spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

According to the PPRO, a concerned citizen made a distress call to the Divisional Police Station, Igbeba, on August 12, and reported that rival cultists fought each other during which the deceased called ‘Mosquito’ was shot, macheted, his left hand severed and taken away by his killers.

The PPRO stated that Adebajo, who was suspected to be among the killers of Mosquito, was arrested at 12:03 am on  August 17, 2024, in his hideout at Isiwo Ijebu.

She explained that credible information was provided by the public that enabled the police to track the fleeing suspects’ hideout.

''Upon receiving this information, a team of detectives promptly mobilised and took action by moving to the location, where one suspect, Adekunle Adebajo, aka Kunle Polly, 34, was apprehended," the statement read.

"During interrogation, Kunle Polly admitted to being a member of the Eiye confraternity.

"This prompted a search to be conducted at his residence, leading to the recovery of a Beretta pistol with six rounds of live ammunition, two UTC axes, and charms.

"Investigation is ongoing to unravel the pattern of severing the left hand of their victims, and to arrest other criminals that fled the hideout.

According to Odutola, the suspect is presently undergoing preliminary investigation in Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode.

“The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, has reassured the people that the era of cultism in Isiwo Ijebu community has gone.

Alamutu promised that the remaining suspects would be brought to justice for their crimes,” she added.