The
Police Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS), Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two
suspected cultists for alleged murder of over 20 persons.
Sheriff
Afeeri and Wasiu Owoseeni were arrested at Agosi in Ifo, Ogun State, with dangerous
weapons including an axe.
It
was gathered that the duo confessed to be members of the Black Axe (Aiye), confraternity and
participated in the various fight against Eiye
cult group in Otta and Ifo.
According
to the zonal spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, the suspects were apprehended while
planning a meeting.
He
said they confessed to have killed several people, including one Niyi alias
Neyo, who was the Black Axe leader in Ifo.
Niyi
was killed on Western City Street in Ifo last March by his members who wanted
to overthrow him.
Adejobi
said the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone II, Abdulmajid Ali,
has directed that proper investigation be carried out so as to arrest other
members of the group.
He
said: “The AIG has vowed to get the zone rid of cultists and hoodlums, who have
been terrorising innocent people in Lagos and Ogun States.
“Those
arrested and others at large will be treated as murderers in as much as their
actions have always been tailored to one killing or the other,” he said.
Source:The
Nation
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