Bariga cult clash: Police arrests gang leader, 6 others
The
deceased, Adejoke Adefuye was burnt beyond recognition when her house
located at 19, Oshinfolarin Street in Bariga was set ablaze by the rival
cult groups.
Trouble had started when members of Eiye confraternity led by one Ibrahim Balogun clashed with another rival cult group known as Aiye confraternity led by a man simply identified as Gideon in a supremacy fight at the area.
The cultists, according to reports, vandalized some vehicles parked along the road in the area, while two members of the Aiye confraternity known as Bobo and Abayomi Olubola lost their lives in the fracas.
A statement issued on Sunday
by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Dolapo Badmus,
confirmed the arrest of the cultists, as well as some of the equipment
used to carry out the operation.
Badmus
said the second in command of one of the cult groups was among those
arrested, while three power bikes, one live/expended cartridges and a
tricycle popularly known as Keke Marwa used to get to the scene were
also confiscated.
She
said the cultists have been terrorizing the area for some days and that
they were able to make some arrests due to the quick response to the
distress calls received concerning the fracas.
Those
arrested, according to Badmus include Afees Olaide Fagunwa, Nurudeen
Lateef, Richard Ewa, Richard Abayomi, Mohammed Musa, Kayode Dada and
Adams Adelakun.
She
said that the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Gbagada
General Hospital for autopsy by the State Environmental Health
Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) while other occupants of the burnt building who
sustained minor injuries were treated by the Lagos State Ambulance
Services (LASAMBUS).
She
said that further investigation into the matter had been transferred to
the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti.
SIGNED
SHINA ODUNUGA
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY
JANUARY 24, 2016
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