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2 CULT MEMBERS CONFESS BEING HIRED ASSASSINS
Two suspected members of Eiye Cult group have been arrested by a team
of policemen from the Lagos State Police Command, Special Anti-Robbery
Squad, SARS. The suspects said they were hired to kill five people
around Alaba Market in Ojo before the police arrested them.
The two
suspects identified as Ola Jimoh Sodiq, 28, and Ibrahim Oshilemo, 27,
both indigenes of Lagos State, western Nigeria, were arrested in their
hideout in Sabo Ajangbadi area of Iba Local Government Area of Lagos.
Following the killing of five persons by masked men around Alaba
International Market in Ojo, detectives from SARS were invited to
investigate the attacks which led to the arrest of the two suspected
cultists.
The suspects allegedly confessed to have been paid to carry out the murders on behalf of people in the market.
According to Sodiq, who claimed to have been expelled from a university
in Lagos in 2009, when he was in 300 level, for cult related activity,
his involvement in cultism was to make ends meet.
“We were often
hired by politicians from the Local Government and Alaba International
Market to help disrupt political opponents’ rallies during
electioneering period. I am only involved for the money, but at times
people do get killed in the process,” he said.
Sodiq, who is married
and has three kids, said he used to mask his face during operations
because most of his engagements are usually around his area so he needed
to cover his face so that people would not recognise him.
“I cover
my face during operations because I don’t want people to recognise me. I
got the mask when I was off-loading a container at Alaba International
Market. We make use of locally made guns, which I bury around our
compound whenever we don’t have operations.”
He added: “I regret my
actions, because the Eiye Cult which Elebiti ( a fellow cult member)
initiated me into has ruined my life.”
Ibrahim Oshilemo on his part said, he is a secondary school dropout and resides at 10, Shonibare Street, Iba Town.
He claimed to have been forced to join the cult group while he was repairing handsets.
“I am a phone engineer but was forced to join Eiye Cult group. My wife
is heavily pregnant now. I would never go back to cultism if I am spared
from this,” he pleaded.
Items recovered from them after their homes
were searched include seven locally made cut to size double barrel
guns, two masks, five live cartridges, charms among other things.
A
police source, who pleaded anonymity, said investigation is still on
going to track those that have been engaging the services of the cult
group.
The source said after the investigation the suspects will be charged to court.
Source: PMNews