Suspect Claims Recent Killings In Ekiti Reprisal Attack By Cultists

By Ayodele Oni

A suspect, now in the custody of Ekiti State Police Command has claimed responsibility to the gale of recent shootings, which led to the death of some persons in Ado Ekiti.

In recent weeks in the Ekiti State Capital, five persons, including, a POS operator, popularly known as Alfa, a commercial motorcycle ticketing official and a cooked rice hawker, were shot dead at different locations same by the suspect, operating on a motorcycle

The suspect, one Olanipekun Lateef a.k.a Lati Olorifunfun, during interrogation, confessed to be a member of Eiye secret cult.

He admitted that he was one of the gang members responsible for most of the recent fatal attacks in Ado-Ekiti.

According to him, the incident was a reprisal attack on members of the Black Axe AIYE confraternity who killed their member on 27/05/2024 in Ado-Ekiti.

Olorifunfun is among three more suspects arrested for murder, cultism and illegal possession of firearms by the state police command.

Command Spokesman, Sunday Abutu, explained that their arrest was part of the ongoing onslaught against the hoodlums, especially cultists, who recently attacked innocent citizens in Ado-Ekiti and consequently caused serious apprehension in the State.

Abutu explained that the Command operatives, through a credible information, arrested one of the fleeing gang members in Ode-Ekiti who partook in the killing of four persons within Ado-Ekiti recently.

The arrested suspect led the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) to one Agbeniyi Bunmi, a female ‘ whose custody the two guns used for the operations were allegedly kept.

“She was arrested and confessed that she has already handed over the two guns to Eiye secret cult Armourer, one Ademola Adejugbe a.k.a OBA, who was subsequently trailed and arrested.

“His premises was searched and one cut to small size locally made single barrel gun and one English made double barrel gun concealed inside a sack bag were exhumed and recovered.

Effort is underway to arrest more fleeing members.”

The Command has sealed up some hotels in the state capital where some suspects, earlier arrested kept guns and other ammunitions.