Rival cultists, Tuesday night, clashed in Somolu and Ketu areas of Lagos, leaving four persons dead and several others injured.
In
Ajelogo area of Ketu, it was gathered that suspected members of Eiye
confraternity stormed a suspected rival’s home identified simply as Seyi
in the wee hours of Monday.
He
was dragged outside and clubbed to death, after the cultists had rapéd
his wife in front of him and flung his nine-month old baby out of the
bed.
Vanguard
gathered that three persons were arrested by policemen from Alapere
division. The suspects said to have been transferred to the state
Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, were reportedly leaving the
scene when they were accosted.
Seyi’s
widow, who is yet to come to terms with her husband’s demise, told
policemen at the station that there had been threats on her husband’s
life by the cultists, who accused him of being an informant to another
cult group, Black Axe confraternity.
The Somolu clash
Meanwhile,
in Somolu area of Lagos, Tuesday night, what was described as a
reprisal attack on the group that killed Seyi left three persons dead.
The
cultists were said to have stormed Ajose area, where they first shot
one Tunde dead. The late Tunde’s assailants were said to have accused
him of raping one of their member’s pregnant wife during an earlier
attack in Ponrele area of Abule Ijesha.
The attack said to have started at 10.30 pm was launched at Fadipe, Popoola and Oreofe areas.
Vanguard
gathered that while the cultists were approaching a street in Bariga,
their rival group laid ambush for them. Dangerous weapons such as
cutlasses, axes and gun were said to have been freely used in the
ensuing fight.
Contacted, spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the clash in Epe
She
said though there was claim that only one person died during the clash
but no official report had been made to that effect. She noted that the
police had not seen any corpse either.
Source : Vanguard
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