13 accused criminals have been paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command, for a variety of offences.
Tolulope Afolabi, the state’s NSCDC public relations officer, said on Monday that the suspects included six people arrested in the state capital’s Ekute neighbourhood for attempted murder and seven others for allegedly stealing and posing a threat to life.
Before they were apprehended on Sunday in the Ekute neighbourhood of Ado Ekiti, six of the suspects, Tosin (22), Abejide (22), Adeoye (21), Oke (22), Ayeni (22) and Iremide (22), had been on the command’s Anti Terrorism Unit’s radar since March 8, 2023, according to Afolabi.
According to him, one Omolola (23) reported a case of attempted murder on her by the suspects and how she was mobbed by them and stripped naked as a result of a misunderstanding.
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He said, “After the victim was stripped, the suspects injected pepper into her private part, took the video and posted it on a social media group created by the principal suspect, Tosin, who is the group leader.
“Preliminary investigation by the CTU showed that the suspects are members of a cult group in the state capital and their mission initially was to kill the victim and dump her in a pit before an unknown person in the neighbourhood came to her rescue.”
Afolabi also disclosed that some students, suspected to be members of Eiye Fraternity attacking people living along Poly Road, Ado Ekiti, were arrested by the CTU on April 8.
He said, “The suspects, Adebayo (19), Aladegbemi (22), Ayedemi (18), Oyebanji (20), Abiodun (23), Taiwo (23) and Abiodun (25), were arrested with some stolen goods in their custody.
“All the suspects are currently assisting the command to trace other members of the confraternity.
He quoted the state NSCDC State Commandant, John Fayemi, as saying that the command had been working assiduously “to make sure Ekiti State is free from pockets of security breaches.”
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