4 Dead As Cults Go To War In Abeokuta

Some people believed to be cultists have allegedly killed four students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State.


Vanguard gathered that one Muraina Ibrahim, popularly called Elebe of ND II, Computer Engineering Department, was killed last Wednesday along the popular sap route, while another ND II student of Mass Communication Department, simply identified as Demola, was last Saturday killed along MacJob Street at Fowobi area of the state capital.
The identities of the two other victims  were yet to be ascertained at press time, but one of them was reportedly killed at Mango area of Oluwo, also on Saturday, while the other was  killed at Iyana Oloke.

Findings have shown that Eiye and Buccaneer confraternities had been locked in a supremacy battle in the areas.
Contacted, Public Relations Officer of the institution, Sulaiman Adebiyi, denied that the dead students were MAPOLY’s.
He said he was aware of the death of two persons, whose identities had not been confirmed as MAPOLY students.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relation Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, said eight persons, suspected to be cultists, had been arrested in connection with the killings.
The PPRO explained that police had been facing security challenges at Onikolobo and some other areas of the state, adding that students should not abuse their status to get involved in cultism and attack police officers.
We’ll get them—POLICE

He said: “We have been facing security challenges in Onikolobo for some days because of some suspected cultists clashing in the area and we would not fold our arms and allow breakdown of law and order.
“We will continue what we have to do within the ambit of the law and any cult member found would be dealt with.

“If the students feel the police are not doing the right thing, they should follow the procedure and not staging protest.
“We have our targets, we know who we are looking for, we know the black spots and we will fish them out. Any student wrongly arrested would be released after being questioned.”
Meanwhile, palpable fear has gripped residents of Oluwo and Adigbe areas of Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The areas which are largely dominated by students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojeere, Abeokuta, have turned a ghost town, following onslaught by police.
When Vanguard visited the areas, many of the houses were under lock as students had fled their hostels for safer areas.



Source: Vanguard