5 Killed As Cultists Unleash Mayhem In Lagos (Graphics Photo)

 

Suspected cultist have reportedly killed five persons in

different areas of Igbo-Elerin, Lagos State.

The cultist allegedly went on rampage after a rival gang

weekend shot their leader, simply identified as Skay, at

Aladesanmi Street at 8:00pm last Thursday.

Angered by the death of their leader, members of the

gang on Friday at about 7am, stormed a house located at

Martins street where they dragged a member of a rival

cult gang out of his house and slaughtered him in front of

his gate. They also killed a suspected cultist at Idowu

Street.

Vanguard gathered that on Friday night, cultist raided

several relaxation centres searching for members of a

rival gang.

According to a food vendor who resides around Martins

street, it was a terrible situation on Friday morning

when hoodlums stormed the street and killed a boy.

Another resident in Idowu Street who craved anonymity,

said: “The incident started at about 8pm on Thursday

evening when I closed my shop.

‘’ I noticed that every where had been deserted. It was

as if people had ran away. There were no okada or

commercial buses plying the road. So on Friday

morning, I heard that the leader of a cult gang had

been killed.

‘’I had to close on Friday when they were still shooting

sporadically, people were running helter skelter for

safety.”

A landlord in the area lamented the mindless manner the

hoodlums were snuffing out lives of people in the area

like animals.

‘’We know some of these boys causing trouble in the

area, but we can’t give information to the Police

because after they are released, they will come after us.

‘’Some of these cultist are children of police officers.

The police officers are aware of the cultist activities at

Igbo-elerin but you will only see policemen in the area

after the cultist had succeeded in killing people,’’ he

said.

Since Thursday night, residents have been living in fear

of the unknown as the cultist are on rampage.

When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident on

Friday, shops in the affected areas were under lock.

Contacted, spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command,

DSP Joe Offor, said he would get back to Vanguard but

didn’t do so at press time.