The Osun State police command "arrested" A cow that was going to be used for sacrifices at the annual "Cult Day" Celebration in Osogbo, the state's capital.

The "Cult Day Celebration," which the Aye Confraternity typically celebrates on July 7, was forewarned against on Thursday by the State Police Command, who threatened to arrest everyone involved.

The police mounted surveillance throughout the state on Friday with various teams patrolling designated areas to guarantee tight compliance.

However, it was learned that to mark the day, cult members from various regions gathered in the state one Egbatedo community.

However, Indigenes Of the community promptly alerted the police's anti-cultism squad, which stormed the community to arrest the alleged cultists.

The suspects fled the scene as soon as they spotted policemen, abandoning the cow they had already marked with the words "Oroki Aye group, 7/7" with an axe symbol before it was taken by the police team.

The cow was picked up by the police squad after the suspect fled the scene, according to SP Yemisi Opalola, a spokesperson for the Osun police command, who confirmed the incident.