Residents of Surulere Estate,
Alagbado, Lagos live in fear after cult members invaded the area hacking a
prince and two others to death.
In what could be described as a supremacy battle in the area
between Aiye and Eiye confraternity, eye witness account said the group that
invaded the area last Tuesday night sang in celebration after hacking to death
a young man, identified as the son of one traditional ruler in the neighbouring
town. Two persons were said to have been killed in the same area earlier.
The clash, which was said to have begun last Sunday, lasted
through Wednesday, leaving three persons dead and several others injured.
A resident, who pleaded anonymity for fear of being
attacked, narrated: “At about 10:30pm, there were gunshots and we (landlords)
came out. We heard the young man received a call and dashed out at that night
to buy airtime. We heard that his guardian pleaded it was late but he insisted
going out to get airtime saying the call was important.
But unknown to him, the
cultists ambushed him and shot at him twice.
“We heard the gun shots did not penetrate and he ran. But
his assailants gave him a hot chase and hacked him severally on the head. We
were told that his killers also broke the window of the house where they caught
up with their opponent, warning the occupant: “We have not come for you, don’t
ever attempt to call the police.”
We also heard that they celebrated the killing of the young
man, singing: Uso uso, uso! ….‘Muso, muso, muso. ….hey!! muso, muso, muso!
….hey!!! He was wearing a charm round his waist which perhaps prevented the gunshot
from penetrating.”
Lagos State Police Command and Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, Dolapo Badmus, in a text message, said: “On 21/9/16, at about 7:30pm,
information received from AIT Road, Alagbado indicated that two cult members
engaged in a physical fight that led to their deaths. A team of police men from
Alagbado has taken the corpses to hospital for autopsy while the command is
investigation the occurrence.”
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