Joy Anyim
A wanted Eiye cult member, Yusuf Omidele was, on Thursday, arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command.
Omidele, alias ‘General’, was arrested alongside 20 others, at the Ikorodu area of Lagos S, following a bloody clash of supremacy, between the Eiye and Aiye confraternity.
The clash had resulted in the death of two persons, while several others were injured. Four locally made pistols, eight matchete and three daggers were recovered from the arrested suspects.
Making comments of the arrest of the suspect, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Elkana Bala, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said Omidele was a ringleader of the Eiye cult group, and had been on the wanted list of the command.
Speaking on how the suspected cultists were arrested , Bala said, ” On June 6, 2019 at about 10.00pm, police received a distress call that some cult members from two rival groups engaged themselves in a supremacy battle along Isikalu palace and Solomade area, Ikorodu.
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” The command’s Anti Cultism Unit and patrol teams from Ikorodu were promptly drafted to the scene. The leader of the gang, who has been on the wanted list of the Command, Omidele, was arrested and 20 other cultists.
” Omidele had been charged to court on several occasions, and sentenced to prison. He completed his last sentence in 2014 and have become an Elder-in- Council, in Eiye Confraternity. He led his gang in a reprisal attack on the members of Aiye confraternity, whom they alleged to have killed the wife of one of their leaders some weeks ago.
“The suspects arrested, belong to both Aye and Eiye confraternity and have all confessed to the crime. Two cultists died from the cult clash and six others were injured.”
Bala stated further that the massive onslaught launched by the command on cultists and gangsters is a continuous operation with a view to arrest other fleeing members of the gangs.
“Wiith a view to proffer a lasting solution to youth gangsterism, involvement of teenagers and underage persons in cult activities, especially at Ikorodu area, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu has met with Traditional rulers, religious leaders, elder statesmen, parents, youths and other stakeholders at Ikorodu.
“All the stakeholders agreed to join the Police in the fight against the menace of Cultism and gangsterism,” He said.
