Dreaded Eiye cultists have been arrested by men of the Lagos state police command over their deadly activities in the state. A 28-year-old suspected cultist, Azeez Idris, has told the police in Lagos that any day his members put on red clothes they must kill somebody that day, NewTelegraph has revealed.
According to the report, the suspected Eiye cult member said they derived their strength from wearing red clothes whenever they were going on operations. Other suspects are Andrew Awalebi (38), Wale Oyekan (40), Uche Igbo (38), John Dayo (20), Tajudeen Oluwatosin (30), Azeez Olayeni (21), Femi Orijobi (21) and Joseph Kolawole (22). They were all arrested on May 9 at Jakande Estate, Lekki area of the state.
The suspects, it was learnt, were going to carry out attack on their rival group in the area, when they were arrested by the Special Anti- Robbery Squad team drafted to area. According to Idris, the members don’t just wear red clothes; they do that whenever they are going to attack a rival group, because they somebody must die.
He said:
When I was released from prison I did not intend to join the group, but I joined when my colleagues threatened to kill me.
On his part, Olayeni said he was formally a member of the Eiye confraternity. He said: “After I was released from prison I decided not to join them again, but I was arrested in my house while I was sleeping.”
However, Awalebi said he had never met Idris, claiming that he was only working as a security guard at Asapa Estate in Ajah area. Dayo, on his own, said he was an Eiye cult member and he was initiated by one Toyosi who is late now.
The state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said on May 9, about 10p.m., his men received a distress call about the operation of the Eiye cult members at Jakande area. Based on the information, a crack team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives and the command undercover were drafted to the scene which led to the arrest of the suspects as they were about to set out for a mission to attack rival cult group.
The commissioner said during interrogation, the suspects confessed to be members of the notorious Eiye confraternity cult group. According to him, the suspects have made life miserable for residents of Jakande Estate in Lekki area of the state.
He said:
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