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JUST IN: Cultists Resume Killings In Abeokuta – Lawmakers

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2 years ago

Jul 8, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

Ogun lawmakers cry out as cultists resume killings in Abeokuta
…police in Ogun State said they have arrested and prosecuted 93 suspected cultists in the past four months.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that legislators from Ogun State have condemned the murders occurring in the Abeokuta neighborhood of Obantoko, which is part of the Odeda Local Government Area.

Four people are claimed to have died between Sunday and Wednesday in the vicinity of Apete, Fajol, and other communities in Obantoko, which is close to the Eleweran headquarters of the Ogun police.

Locals claimed they were no longer able to go about their daily lives because they were too afraid of cultists chasing each other around with weapons and cutlasses day and night.

Speaking at plenary on Thursday, the lawmaker representing Odeda State Constituency, Oludaisi Elemide, had raised the alarm, calling on the police and other security agencies in the State to do the needful.

In his submission, Hon Elemide regretted incessant cult clashes among rival groups in Ogun, which he said had led to apprehension among residents.

Elemide lamented the killings along Obantoko area of the State, saying security agencies have to be more professional and avoid unnecessary harassment of innocent people.

Reacting, the Speaker, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, appealed to parents to inculcate the necessary moral and nation building values in their wards so as to rid the society of social menaces like cultism and other criminal activities.

Oluomo also charged community leaders to collaborate with security agencies so as to rid the society of criminal elements claiming to be members of secret cults.

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He counselled security agencies to be more professional in handling security challenges in the State.

Meanwhile, the police in Ogun State said they have arrested and prosecuted 93 suspected cultists in the past four months.

However, it appears cases of cult clashes are not subsiding in Ogun at the moment.

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