The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 30 suspected cultists and disrupted an alleged cult initiation procession in Isara-Remo, recovering four vehicles and other exhibits during the operation.
The Command disclosed on Wednesday that operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, in collaboration with detectives from the Isara Area Command and Isara Division, carried out the operation following credible intelligence on the activities of the suspects.
According to the police, the suspects were arrested on June 16, 2026, at about 4pm after intelligence reports indicated that a group of hoodlums had gathered in an uncompleted building in Isara-Remo for an unlawful assembly involving meetings, alcohol consumption, chanting and initiation activities.
The arrested suspects were identified as Muiz Olawale, Adeniji Akinwale, Ajayi Victor, Damilola Oluwasegun, Adewale Olayemi, Aminu Rahmon, Olodudu Ademola, Matthew Imoleayo, Adenle Habeb, Lekan Qudus, Olamilekan Ayanleke, Adegbasa Ezekiel, Ibukun Adeniyi, Abiodun Babatunde, Oshofolahan Michael, Salau Adedeji, Benjamin Kehinde, Magnus Elijah, Oluwadamilare Samson, Oyebowale Ojutona, Abiodun Makanjuola, Idowu Toheeb, Olamide Sunday, Malik Also, Abdullahi Damilola, Israel Ayomikun, Oyeledun Ezekiel, Adelabu Imoleayo, Ajayi Oluwasegun and Olaawun Faith.
The police said the Commander of the VCRU immediately mobilised a combined team of operatives from the unit, Isara Area Command and Isara Division to the scene.
The operatives reportedly stormed the location, dispersed the gathering and arrested the suspects in what the Command described as a well coordinated tactical operation.
Items recovered from the scene included four vehicles allegedly abandoned by some of the suspects during an attempted escape. Other exhibits recovered were a jack knife, a local drum, a sekere and several bottles suspected to have been used for alcohol consumption during the gathering.
The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, urged young people involved in cultism and other criminal activities to renounce such acts and embrace lawful means of livelihood.
The CP also warned that the Command would sustain its crackdown on cultism and other violent crimes across the state, stressing that individuals or groups threatening public peace and security would be decisively dealt with in accordance with the law.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the Command to protecting lives and property and called on residents to continue providing useful information to security agencies to aid crime prevention and detection.
