Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
A police officer has been arrested alongside eight others in Oyo State over suspected cult activities and kidnapping.
(PRO Ani Iniedu. Photo by Swift Reporters)
The police in Oyo State have arrested a serving police officer, a corporal and 8 other suspects in two separate operations linked to cultism and kidnapping.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Ani Iniedu, announced the results in a police statement released on Thursday.
In the first case, operatives from the Command Monitoring Unit at the Oyo Operational Base raided a suspected hideout of the Aiye Confraternity on Sunday, November 8.
Five people were arrested.
One of them is Corporal Olayinka Oluwatobi, a policeman attached to MOPOL 72 in Ago Are and seconded to Sports Eleyele in Ibadan.
The others include Ayandiran Samuel, the group's armourer, and Adeyinka Qudus, the alleged cult leader.
Officers seized an English made Beretta pistol and three locally made pistols.
The case has been handed to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Ibadan.
In the second case, the Command Monitoring Unit and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria rescued Abubakar Amidu, 30, unhurt at the Oteon/Odi Owo Forest on November 8.
He had been kidnapped on October 31.
Four suspects were arrested: Abdullahi Bello, Mohammed Kontagora, Alhaji Ali and Usman Alhaji Ali.
His phone and the chain and lock used to tie him up were also recovered.
Iniedu said investigations into both cases are ongoing, and police are still looking for other suspects.