{"id":1308,"date":"2025-08-13T13:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:32:04","slug":"police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have detained six suspected cultists for allegedly killing a 30-year-old man.<br \/><br \/>The command\u2019s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday.<br \/><br \/>He said that police apprehended the suspects on July 17 in the Ebute-Meta area of the state.<br \/><br \/><br \/>\u201cDetectives attached to the command\u2019s Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Surulere, embarked on an intelligence-led operation to Ebute-Meta and apprehended the suspects.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe suspects, who are between the ages of 22 and 54, were involved in a cult clash which led to the gruesome murder of a 30-year-old man,\u201d he said.<br \/><br \/>According to the spokesperson, efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate and recover their operational tools.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have detained six suspected cultists for allegedly killing a 30-year-old man. The command\u2019s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. He said that police apprehended the suspects on July 17 in the Ebute-Meta area of the state. \u201cDetectives attached to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T13:32:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Adamawa-Police-Policeeeeee.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a59f47088e357e0d60a321d5035b5104\"},\"headline\":\"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T13:32:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Adamawa-Police-Policeeeeee.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-six-suspected-cultists-for-murder-in-lagos\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police Arrest Six Suspected Cultists For Murder In Lagos - 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