A 16-year-old suspected cultist, Rilwan Okegbenro, has been arrested by Police in Lagos Stated for allegedly killing a man, Olawale Adebayo, who resided in Imosun in the Ikorodu area of the state.


Okegbenro, who confessed to being a cultist was apprehended on Wednesday by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad during a raid in a jointly carried out by the policemen and some local vigilance group members on black spots in the Sabo, Odogunyan and Igbogbo areas of Ikorodu.

It was learnt that 18 suspects were arrested during the exercise.

Okegbenro told the police in his statement that he and two other gang members participated in the killing of 22-year-old Adebayo.

He said, “Two others, who are on the run, and I attacked the man behind a bank on Sagamu Road in the Ikorodu area. It was a Wednesday. We trailed him and my gang killed him. The man used to live at Imosun Close, Ikorodu.”

The brother of the deceased, identified as Ismaila Balogun, had also come to the police and identified Okegbenro as one of his brother’s attackers on that day.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Okegbenro’s arrest, adding that the police had launched manhunt for the suspected fleeing gang members.