The Ogun State Police Command, on Friday, reiterated its commitment to clamping down on the activities of cultists in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun.
Abimbola stated that the command in its commitment to get rid of cultists in the state had launched serious operations against the activities of the cultists.
“The command has embarked on total clamp down by arresting many of the cultists, especially in Sagamu axis.
“In the process of effect their arrests, some of our men sustained varying degrees of injuries, but we have been able to subdue them and we are not relenting in ridding the state of cultists,” he said.
Oyeyemi said that the time of police pleading with the cultists had gone, adding that this time around, it would be total clamp down on them.
The PPRO said that the Commissioner of Police, Yomi Olanrewaju, had warned that on no condition should anybody be allowed to operate under the shade of cultism.
He advised parents and guardians to warn their children and wards against involvement in cultism and cult related activities in the state.
Oyeyemi noted that there was a time that the command gave the cultists the opportunity to come out and renounce their membership, adding, however, that none of them showed up.
He said that the police is left with no option other than to arrest and prosecute the cultists in accordance with the law.
(NAN)
