By Rita Enemuru, Reporting
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Jamiu Rasheed, for shooting and killing a rival cult member, one Akinola Ayegbusi.
Rasheed was captured on a CCTV hacking and shooting the victim to death on July 7, 2022 at a restaurant in the Alapere area of Lagos State.
This was contained in a statement issued by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin and made available to Stonix News on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
The statement revealed that the 22-year-old suspect has been a member of Klansman Confraternity since 2017 and has participated in the killing of two other rival cultists.
Investigation into the crime also led to the arrest of the amourer of the group, one Sheriff Module, who was found with two locally-made pistols; and one other cultist, Emmanuel Samson.
Twenty-six-year-old Sheriff, who was also part of the killing, confessed that it was carried out to avenge the death of their leader who was killed by the Eiye Confraternity on November 23, 2021.
Efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing cultists as uspects will be arraigned at the conclusion of investigations according to the statement.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, once again called on parents/guardians as well as traditional/religious/political leaders to prevail on their children/wards and the teeming youth population to stay away from cultism and other social vices.
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