Cult clashes claim 3 lives in Lagos

No less than three persons have been killed in separate cult clashes in Ikorodu and Ajah area of the state.

According to Punch, one of the victims was killed on the Igbogbo-Igbe Road on Thursday, December 5, 2019, around 11:00 pm.

It was gathered that the corpse has been evacuated around 1:17 pm on Friday, December 6, by police personnel attached to Ijede Police Station.

The police could not be reached for confirmation of the killings. (Image of Lagos PPRO, Bala Elkana used for illustrative purpose) [Guardian] Pulse Nigeria

A resident of Igbogbo-Igbe said some youths, who adorned themselves with charms, visited the scene and said the victim was their family member.

One of the residents, who identified herself simply as Tosin, said she had yet to go to bed when she heard loud noise, only to come out in the morning and see the corpse of a young man on the road.

She stated, “I thought some people had a misunderstanding and had gone their separate ways as we didn’t hear their noise again.

“But in the morning when I woke up to go to the market, I was shocked to see the corpse of a young man on the road.

“In fact, those selling palm wine and bush meat along the road shut their shops. It was around 1.17pm when the police from Ijede came to evacuate the corpse.”

In a similar occurrence, a suspected cult member was hacked to death with machetes at Ofin in Ikorodu.

According to a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, some cultists were in the area where the man was killed to ascertain that he was actually dead.

More so, at Lamgbasa in Ajah on Saturday, December 7, a cultist, who was allegedly shot by members of a rival group, was said to have been taken to hospital by the police but he died two days after.

It was gathered that the police tried their best to revive him, but having being seriously injured, he did not survive the attack.

“The police, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Ajah, Adaobi Okafor, tried to save the life of the injured victim of the cult attack by taking him to hospital.

“It was unfortunate that after two days in hospital, he could not survive owing to the massive loss of blood before the police arrived the scene to rescue him.

“As I am talking to you, no family member or friend has come to claim the corpse. This is a further proof that he was a cultist," a source was quoted.

DSP Bala Elkana, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), could not be reached to confirm the incidents as at the time of filing this report.