The Lagos State Police Command has started an inquiry into a cult fight that left no less than three people dead near Lady Lak in the state’s Bariga region.
This was disclosed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday.
He said, “No arrest has been made yet. The law only says cult groups, and that’s all we need to convict them in court. But they are cultists, it is confirmed.”
It was gathered that residents and people returning home from work were thrown into a state of panic during the cult clash that created tension late Wednesday.
In a video footage given by a local source, bodies of three unidentified males lying in a pool of blood were seen with lacerations on the heads of two of the victims.
People in the region were also seen rotating the corpses of the slain victims to identify them in the video clip.
“Oh Idris, Serre get up,” the residents said as they were seen shedding tears and lamenting over the development.
Commenting on the incident, a source in the area said, “Shootings were heard in the area. Some people got injured. Nobody can say why they were fighting but the area is a cultists’ den.”
According to James Taiwo, a resident of the neighbourhood, three persons were killed in the attack by cult members.
His chat on Twitter read, “Yesterday’s clash resulted in the death of three cult members, one is a guy known as Sere, who’s also a Yahoo boy but quite friendly and popular.
“The clash is a continuation of the power tussle which resulted in the death of one member of the Aiye Confraternity when they came to attend a birthday party outside their territory.
“Even though they took a big risk attending the party outside their territory, it wasn’t members of the Eiye who attacked them, but members of their own Aiye cult group, after an argument ensued on leadership matters. The two factions are from the Idi Aba and Ogundola factions.”
Meanwhile, a Twitter user, @ApcPdpN, who shared another video from the scene, urged the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to beef up security in the state.
“Many lives lost in the ongoing war in Lagos State. This happened over the night in Bariga, another hideout for cultists and criminals. I charge at @jidesanwoolu to beef up the security in Lagos,” the tweet read.
