Tag: CULT

Cult Clashes: Ogun Gov. orders crackdown on members

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Monday, directed security agencies in the state to rid Sagamu and its environs of cultists and cult-related activities in the state. Abiodun, in a statement issued in Abeokuta by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, expressed the regret for the avoidable loss of innocent lives and wanton destruction of property by the hoodlums. The directive came in the wake of renewed clashes among rival cult gangs in the town at the weekend, raising tension and panic among residents of the town. According to him,…

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Sagamu Cult Clash: Police confirm death of 8, arrest of 9

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a land transaction that took place in the town. “A land was sold and some form of commission or settlement was paid to a cult group by the owner of the land. “A rival cult group got to know…

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Lagos: Cultists to bag 21-years’ jail term in new anti-cultism law

Aminu Imam

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved 21 yearsz jail term for convicted cultist, as he signed the state’s anti-cultism bill into law yesterday. The Bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 also stipulates a 15 years’ jail term for anyone found guilty of abetting cultists. A statement made available on the official Facebook page of Lagos State Government detailed that the governor assented to the Bill at the swearing-in the ceremony of two new Permanent Secretaries at the State Secretariat, Alausa. While assenting to the…

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Security worsens in Benin amid cult killings, kidnapping, armed robbery

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The security situation in Benin, the Edo capital, has taken a turn for the worse following a jump in cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and cult-related killings. The upsurge in the crimes was first noticed since the #ENDSARS protests that led to the release of no fewer than 1900 from two Correctional Centres, burning of at least eight police stations and the looting of their armouries by hoodlums. Night life in the capital city, in the meantime, has since ground to a halt as incidences of kidnappings and armed robbery…

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