The Police in Ogun State said they have arrested three suspected members of the dreaded “Eiye Confraternity”, who fœrcefully initiated a 15-year-old girl into their cult after gang-r@ping her.
According to a statement on by the Police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested on June 30 in the Ajuwon area of the state. He gave the suspects’ names as Daniel Njoku (a.k.a Agege), Damilare Ogundiran and Adebayo Olamilekan.
He explained that they were arrested following a report lodged at Ajuwon Police Divisional Headquarters by the victim’s mother. In the complainant’s report, she stated that she sent the teenage girl on an errand to Akute-Odo area in Ogun State, “but was waylaid on the road by Daniel Njoku, who fœrcefully took her to his gang at their hideout, where the young girl was gang r@ped, be@ten and fœrcefully initiated into Eiye cult group”.
The complainant further explained that the suspects thre@tened her daughter that she would be k#lled if she dared inform anybody about the incident.
Following the report, the police, acting on a credible intelligence, located the hideout of the group at Akute-Odo area, stormed the place and succeeded in arresting three members of the gang.
“The suspects have confessed to commiting the said crime, adding that they were in a desperate scout for more members to join their group, especially females, the major reason they acted in that manner to the girl”.
