07/07/23
PRESS RELEASE
The Lagos State Police Command, Says it has Commenced investigation into a rival cult clash that claimed Three lives and injured some on Wednesday night, around Shomolu -Bariga area of Lagos State
The Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this, said no arrest has however been made concerning the incident which has thrown the area into a state of pandemonium.
It is alleged to be a warning signal of the cultists’ intention to wreck havoc on the 7th of July in Commemoration of their Yearly Celebration and a continuation of a power Tussle which led to the death of a member of the Aiye confraternity.
Hundeyin in a chat with AIT further stated that the command is fully aware of the implication of the date 7/7 and is prepared for any eventuality assuring Lagosians of safety and not to entertain any panic.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa had earlier identified cultism as one of the security challenges pervading the state and that the command has arrested about one hundred and twenty cultists recovering not less than sixty fire arms over the past five months.
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