Amid sporadic shootings in the Ede community on Friday, operatives of Osun Police Command uncovered an unidentified body at the den of notorious cultists in Ede, Osun State.
The gunshots created panic as residents scampered into safety to avoid being hit by stray bullets from cultists.
The body was discovered after the protests by students of Federal Polytechnic Ede over the killing of their colleagues, Hassan Adedeji who just graduated from the institution and a commercial motorcyclist killed by suspected cultists.
Police had fingered a suspected cultist, Rasidi Okolu who had recently killed and maimed his victims for the recent murder of Adedeji and one other on Wednesday night.
A resident of the community named, Dayo told our correspondent, that “after the student went on a rampage on Thursday by making bonfires on roads in Ede to protest the killing of their colleagues, cultists still went around the community to create fear by shooting sporadically.
“Today (Friday), there were sporadic shootings at Oja Timi; those cultists have turned to another thing in this Ede, people could not go out because of fear of being hit by bullets.”
Contacted, the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, SP Yemisi Opalola disclosed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with killings in Ede.
“The prime suspect, Rasheed Okolu killed a man at his den, we discovered the body at his den chained and killed. Police are everywhere in the Ede community to ensure that he is arrested and brought to justice. Our men are on the ground tackling cultists in that axis. The situation is under control.”
