The Lagos State Police Command has opened an investigation into a cult clash that left no less than three people dead near Lady Lak in the state’s Bariga region.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police public relations officer, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday.
He said, “No arrest has been made yet. The law only says cult groups, and that’s all we need to convict them in court. But they are cultists, it is confirmed.”
WITHIN NIGERIA learned that during the cult clash that caused unrest late on Wednesday, locals and workers returning home were startled into a panic.
According to report, newsmen saw the bodies of three unidentified men lying in a pool of blood in a video clip shared by a source in the area, two of the victims’ heads being lacerated.
In the video clip, nearby residents can be seen turning the dead victims’ corpses to identify them.
“Oh Idris, Serre get up,” the residents said as they were seen shedding tears and lamenting over the development.
Commenting on the incident, a source in the area said, “Shootings were heard in the area. Some people got injured. Nobody can say why they were fighting but the area is a cultists’ den.”
A resident in the community, James Taiwo, said three people were killed in the attack involving cult members in the community.
His chat on Twitter read, “Yesterday’s clash resulted in the death of three cult members, one is a guy known as Sere, who’s also a Yahoo boy but quite friendly and popular.
“The clash is a continuation of the power tussle which resulted in the death of one member of the Aiye Confraternity when they came to attend a birthday party outside their territory.
“Even though they took a big risk attending the party outside their territory, it wasn’t members of the Eiye who attacked them, but members of their own Aiye cult group, after an argument ensued on leadership matters. The two factions are from the Idi Aba and Ogundola factions.”
Meanwhile, a Twitter user, @ApcPdpN, who shared another video from the scene, urged the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to beef up security in the state.
“Many lives lost in the ongoing war in Lagos State. This happened over the night in Bariga, another hideout for cultists and criminals. I charge at @jidesanwoolu to beef up the security in Lagos,” the tweet read.
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