According to pm news, at least eleven members of the Buccaneer
Confraternity cultist group have been arrested today for
disturbing the peace in Lagos by men of the state anti-robbery squad, Lagos
State Command.
The suspects who are from various higher institutions in the
country were arrested at Ketu and Agiliti, Mile 12, Lagos after a clash with
members of another cult group, Eiye confraternity.
During the fighting which disrupted commercial activities in Ketu
and Mile 12, dangerous weapons like cutlasses, pistol, knives and others were
freely used by the suspected cultists.
The suspects, it was learnt, vandalised properties in the area
before they were subdued by policemen.
All of them are from
various higher institutions, including Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta;
Igbinedion University, Edo State; Osun State Polytechnic, Iree; Ondo State
Polytechnic, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ikenne and Lagos State University, Ojo.
SARS identified the suspects as Ayebusiwa Tosin, 25; Ibrahim
Ahmed, 27; Seun Bilogun, 16; Olatunji Yusuf, 27; Adewale Adeboye, 25; Korede
Kazeem, 35; Agunbiade Lateef, 25; Badejo Niyi, 28; Ekun Ganiu, 27; Joseph
Olumuyiwa, 25 and an unidentified student.
The two cult groups, investigations revealed, clashed at Ketu and
later moved to Agiliti area in Mile 12 where they continued fighting.
Items recovered from them include one locally made pistol, two
live catridges, knives and 11 cutlasses.
One of the suspects, Ayebusiwa Tosin, who described himself as an
OND holder from the Ondo State Polytechnic (formerly Rufus Giwa Polytechnic),
confirmed that those arrested were members of the Buccaneer confraternity.
“We are not armed robbers, we
are members of the Buccaneer Confraternity. We were arrested during a clash
with members of the Eiye Confraternity,” Tosin, who was identified as the
leader of the group stated in his statement to the police. Another suspect,
Seun Bilogun, dissociated himself from the group, saying that he was arrested
in his house at Ijero Street, Agiliti while cooking by policemen from SARS.
Sources at the Ikeja-based crime squad disclosed that the suspects
would be charged to court after conclusion of investigation.
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