Ogun state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday, August 6, ordered ritualists to be shot on sight.
According to IReporter Online, he gave the order due to rise in cases of ritual killings in the state, while parading 23 suspected cultists, kidnappers, armed robbers and ritualists at the command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
The commissioner said: “criminal activities are becoming alarming every day in the state and drastic action has to be taken. Ritualists’ are killing people. We won’t tolerate that. When you see them in action, they should shoot on sight. When you see them perpetrating the act, bring them down.”
Ali added that if any member of the public found any any policeman not discharging his duty correctly, such cases should be reported.
The CP also promised that the suspect who kidnapped a 20-month-old boy, Emmanuel Ogundele, about 12 days ago at the christening of a baby in Abeokuta, would soon be arrested.
The Ogun state commissioner of police recently paid a visit to the Lagos state Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni, to deliberate on vital security issues towards effective policing of the two prominent commands.
According to IReporter Online, he gave the order due to rise in cases of ritual killings in the state, while parading 23 suspected cultists, kidnappers, armed robbers and ritualists at the command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
The commissioner said: “criminal activities are becoming alarming every day in the state and drastic action has to be taken. Ritualists’ are killing people. We won’t tolerate that. When you see them in action, they should shoot on sight. When you see them perpetrating the act, bring them down.”
Ali added that if any member of the public found any any policeman not discharging his duty correctly, such cases should be reported.
The CP also promised that the suspect who kidnapped a 20-month-old boy, Emmanuel Ogundele, about 12 days ago at the christening of a baby in Abeokuta, would soon be arrested.
The Ogun state commissioner of police recently paid a visit to the Lagos state Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni, to deliberate on vital security issues towards effective policing of the two prominent commands.
