Ikorodu Carnival Turns Bloody As Cultists Kill Graduate.

 

The world is definitely turning into something else.

A graduate, identified only as Usman, and another victim

have been shot dead by suspected cultists during a

carnival in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the graduate, and the other

victim, identified simply as Abija, were initially attacked

with axes, but they managed to escape.

Their assailants chased and reportedly caught up with

them on Itun-Meko Street and shot them dead.

Our correspondent gathered that the attack, which

happened on Tuesday at about 5am, was caused by

supremacy battle among rival cults in the area.

Policemen from the Ikorodu division were said to have

arrived at the scene to remove the corpses, while efforts to

arrest the hoodlums reportedly failed.

When PUNCH Metro visited Itun-Meko Street, a resident,

who identified himself only as Phillip, said Usman came to

the carnival from the neighbouring Anibaba area, which is

believed to be the base of a rival gang.

He said, “The two of them came to the carnival from the

Anibaba area. This street is ruled by a rival cult. The

carnival had almost ended and the two of them were

leaving when the hoodlums chased them.

“The boys escaped with cuts, but at the Itun-Meko Street

junction, they were shot dead. Their bodies were taken

away in a police van. Usman was a university graduate,

and Abija was his friend.”

A shop owner, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said

there had been gunshots on every evening since the day of

the killings on Itun-Meko Street.

He said, “The carnival was a gathering of cult boys. The

police should not allow such carnivals. But the hoodlums

were able to bring some policemen who were around to

monitor the event. The policemen had left when they

started trouble. Their anger with the two men was that

why would they come to attend their carnival when they

belonged to an area controlled by a rival group?

“Since that Tuesday, there have been gunshots every

evening.”

A security source in the area told PUNCH Metro that

hoodlums from the Anibaba area had also killed two

persons from Itun-Meko Street after the Tuesday violence

in a reprisal.

Efforts to get Usman’s family members were not successful

as of press time.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo

Badmos, who confirmed the killings, said the police

recovered three axes, mobile phones and motorcycles used

by the cultists which would assist in fishing them out.

She said, “There is no arrest for now. But during the chase

by the police, the suspects abandoned three axes,

motorcycles and their phones. We are working on these,

and we will fish out the killers very soon.” – See more at:

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