24-Year-Old Man Arrested For Cultism, Indian Hemp In Ekiti

Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, remanded a 24-year-old man, Adetomiwa Ogunleye, in police custody for being a cultist and having in his possession weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

Chief Magistrate Abdulhamid Lawal ordered that the defendant be remanded pending advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

He adjourned the case till June 3, 2020, for mention.














Ogunleye is standing trial on two counts of membership of the Eiye Confraternity and being in possession of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Caleb Leranmo, said the defendant committed the offences on May 24, 2020, in Ikole-Ekiti.

He said, “The defendant confessed that he was a member of the Eiye Confraternity. Weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were also found in the possession of the defendant.

“The offences contravene sections 4 (i) of the Secret Cult Abolition Law, 2017 and 5 (b) of the Indian Hemp Act.”