Police arrest six suspected cultists over attempted m8rder in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of the Alora Confraternity over an alleged attempted m8rder following a violent clash at a hotel in Ikere-Ekiti.

The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026 at Inspiration Hotel, where members of the suspected cult group had reportedly gathered for a meeting.

Police said the meeting turned violent when members engaged one another in a fight, leaving one of them, identified only as “Sucrose,” with severe injuries.

The spokesperson for the command, SP Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday said that the RRS, working with surveillance operatives from the Ilupeju Division, swiftly moved to the scene and arrested six suspects identified as Owolabi Oluwapelumi, 28; David Adeleke, 28; Oluwatoba Alo, 30; Junior Olamilekan, 27; Segun Bidemi, 29 and Emmanuel Oladele, 27.

According to the statement, the suspects reportedly confessed during preliminary interrogation to being members of the alleged Alora Secret Cult Confraternity.

Items recovered from them included a Toyota Camry car, two face caps bearing the Alora logo, three plastic cups with the Alora logo, a blood-stained shirt, a pair of scissors, a yellow-coloured hand band and a key holder bearing the group’s insignia.

The police said efforts were ongoing to apprehend other suspects who fled the scene, adding that the management of Inspiration Hotel was also under investigation for allegedly allowing its premises to be used for suspected cult activities.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Michael Falade, directed that the investigation be intensified and reaffirmed the command’s commitment to combating cultism and other violent crimes.

He urged residents to continue providing credible and timely information to assist the police in tracking down fleeing suspects and other criminal elements, assuring that the command would sustain proactive measures to safeguard lives and property across the state.