Cultists rape woman, kill husband, three others during clash

Rival cultists, Tuesday
night, clashed in Somolu and Ketu
areas of Lagos, leaving four persons
dead and several others injured.
In Ajelogo area of Ketu, it was
gathered that suspected members of
Eiye confraternity stormed a
suspected rival’s home identified
simply as Seyi in the wee hours of
Monday.
He was dragged outside and clubbed
to death, after the cultists had raped
his wife in front of him and flung his
nine-month old baby out of the bed. Three persons were arrested by policemen
from Alapere division. The suspects
said to have been transferred to the
state Criminal Investigation
Department, Yaba, were reportedly
leaving the scene when they were
accosted.
Seyi’s widow, who is yet to come to
terms with her husband’s demise,
told policemen at the station that
there had been threats on her
husband’s life by the cultists, who
accused him of being an informant
to another cult group, Black Axe
confraternity.
The Somolu clash
Meanwhile, in Somolu area of Lagos,
Tuesday night, what was described
as a reprisal attack on the group
that killed Seyi left three persons
dead.
The cultists were said to have
stormed Ajose area, where they first
shot one Tunde dead. The late
Tunde’s assailants were said to have
accused him of raping one of their
member’s pregnant wife during an
earlier attack in Ponrele area of
Abule Ijesha.
The attack said to have started at
10.30 pm was launched at Fadipe,
Popoola and Oreofe areas. while the
cultists were approaching a street in
Bariga, their rival group laid ambush
for them. Dangerous weapons such
as cutlasses, axes and gun were said
to have been freely used in the
ensuing fight.
Contacted, spokesperson for the
Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi
Braide, confirmed the clash in Epe
She said though there was claim
that only one person died during
the clash but no official report had
been made to that effect. She noted
that the police had not seen any
corpse either.