Police in Ogun state will henceforth shoot armed cultists and “ritualists” at sight, the state command announced Thursday.
The commissioner of police, Abdulmajid Ali, gave the order shortly after parading 23 suspected criminals at the State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, saying that the command will not tolerate the rising cases of cultism and ritual killings.
He said the shoot-at-sight order will not amount to extra-judicial killing because the intention of armed criminals is either to kill or maim.
Mr. Alli said police would soon raid various campuses to apprehend suspected cult members, adding that the command had identified their abode and would get rid of them at all cost.
