Four suspected cultists have been arrested by anti-crime operatives attached to Dopemu Police Station, Lagos State.
Awawa boys.
According to a police source, the suspects were rounded up following a distress call that some suspected cultists, known as Awawa, were on rampage along Kadiri area of Agege, wielding dangerous weapons.
The suspects, Sherif Nahim, Platelet Ismail, Jamiu Amusa and Abel Babatunde, were said to have been arrested in a building on Abeje Street, with injuries.
Contacted, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, said: “The Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspects be transferred to SARS and be given medical care, while discreet investigation should be done to also apprehend fleeing suspects.
“The suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.”
She added that the commissioner had warned hoodlums to keep away from the state as the command would no longer tolerate any act of impunity and recklessness under any guise, including cultism.
