LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity cult group and recovered a locally made Beretta pistol and a live 9mm ammunition during an operation in the Mushin area of the state .
CDA News Nigeria gathered that the arrests were carried out by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) following intelligence on the activities of suspected cult groups in Mushin .
CDA News Nigeria reports that according to a statement issued on Monday by the Command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, the operation began with the arrest of a suspect identified as Irawo Moshod . The police said Moshod, who allegedly admitted to being a former chairman of the Aiye Confraternity, provided information that led investigators to other suspected members of the group and the recovery of a firearm .
Acting on information obtained during the investigation, VCRU operatives proceeded to Idi-Oro, Mushin, where they recovered a locally made Beretta pistol and one live 9mm ammunition . The police subsequently arrested three other suspected members at Aganran by Ojuwoye, identified as 29-year-old Abayomi James, 28-year-old Farouq Bankole, and 19-year-old Steven Sunday .
The Command alleged that the three suspects admitted to being members of the Aiye Confraternity and told investigators that the recovered firearm was allegedly obtained from a man identified as Rilwan, whom they described as the group’s number one member .
The police said the four suspects remained in custody and were assisting investigators with the ongoing probe, while efforts were being intensified to apprehend other suspected members . Commissioner of Police CP Tijani Fatai commended the VCRU operatives for the proactive and intelligence-led operation and reaffirmed the Command’s determination to dismantle criminal networks across the state .
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