Cultist’s Confession: We Used Guns Recovered From Yahoo Boys During EndSARS Protest For Operations

A suspected secret cult member, Olaide Adelu, has confessed that he and his collegaues used some pistols they recovered from Yahoo boys during the EndSARS’ protest for their operations.

Adelu, who was arrested by the Osun State Police Command and paraded alongside other suspects, said this while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday.

The suspect was said to have been arrested by the police after he shot a middle-aged man.

He was said to have been involved in armed robbery operations together with one Yusuf Arowolo, apart from belonging to a secret cult group.

Adelu said, “I had an altercation with one man called Sikoli Eleshe(The boxer) who wanted to fight me but I could not overpower him. I took my gun and shot him.

“We keep our guns with one ‘Tioja’. Those guns were recovered from ‘Yahoo boys’ during the #EndSARS last year in Osogbo. We are using those guns to attack people.”

While parading the suspects at the Osun State Police Command on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olawale Olokode, said the police would not allow criminals to turn the state into their operational base.

The CP said, “On June 26th, 2021 around 4:40pm my men arrested dreaded and notorious serial killer, Tope Gbenga popularly known as Jembe and his cohorts namely; Opeyemi Obaniwa, Arowolo Yusuf and Olaide Adelu.

“The suspects confessed to the crimes and led police crack detectives to their armoury in a banana plantation at Oke Baale area of Osogbo and recovered three cuts to size single barrel guns and some cartridges.”

The CP stated that one of the armourers, a single mother named Azisat Omoboriowo, was also arrested.

Also, Gbenga Tope, said he was an ex-convict and he had killed two rival cult members in 2021 after he left the prison.

He noted that the same rival cult groups killed his brother before he went to prison.

“Members of Aye group killed my brother and after I left the prison they were after my life. I was given a gun by the person that initiated me to Eiye confraternity and I used it to kill the two people this year.”