Operatives of the Nigeria police have arrested eight suspected cultists in connection with the alleged attack on Bola Tinubu’s convoy in Lagos State after the later emerged the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his party’s primary election in Abuja.

Recall that the convoy came of the two-term former Governor of the State came under attack by hoodlums while returning to his home in Lagos State after making a brief stop over at the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Sunday, June 19, 2022.

While parading the suspects at thr weekend, spokesman of the Zone 2 police Command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu alleged that the suspects confessed to being members of different occult.

She explained that the Zone had launched a manhunt for the sponsors of the attackers who shattered the windows of the Press Corps bus with stones and machetes and injured some journalists in the process.

The police image maker said, investigations are still ongoing and we will get back to the press as soon as we have the principal suspect in our net”.

“The suspects are cultists. They belong to Aiye, Eiye, Oju Akpaco and Esuru boys confraternities. They have mentioned the name of the sponsor of the attack,who is at large”, she said.

The suspects will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation into the incident is concluded, according to Idris-Adamu.

TheNewspad reports that injured in the attack had been discharged from hospital.

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