5 killed as cultists unleash mayhem in Lagos October 26, 2015 at 1:00 pm in News

LAGOS—Suspected cultist have reportedly killed five persons in
different areas of Igbo-Elerin, Lagos State. The cultist allegedly
went on rampage after a rival gang weekend shot their leader, simply
identified as Skay, at Aladesanmi Street at 8:00pm last Thursday.
Angered by the death of their leader, members of the gang on Friday at
about 7am, stormed a house located at Martins street where they
dragged a member of a rival cult gang out of his house and slaughtered
him in front of his gate. They also killed a suspected cultist at
Idowu Street.
Vanguard gathered that on Friday night, cultist raided several
relaxation centres searching for members of a rival gang. According to
a food vendor who resides around Martins street, it was a terrible
situation on Friday morning when hoodlums stormed the street and
killed a boy. Another resident in Idowu Street who craved anonymity,
said: "The incident started at about 8pm on Thursday evening when I
closed my shop.
'' I noticed that every where had been deserted. It was as if people
had ran away. There were no okada or commercial buses plying the road.
So on Friday morning, I heard that the leader of a cult gang had been
killed. ''I had to close on Friday when they were still shooting
sporadically, people were running helter skelter for safety." A
landlord in the area lamented the mindless manner the hoodlums were
snuffing out lives of people in the area like animals.
''We know some of these boys causing trouble in the area, but we can't
give information to the Police because after they are released, they
will come after us. ''Some of these cultist are children of police
officers. The police officers are aware of the cultist activities at
Igbo-elerin but you will only see policemen in the area after the
cultist had succeeded in killing people,'' he said.
Since Thursday night, residents have been living in fear of the
unknown as the cultist are on rampage. When Vanguard visited the scene
of the incident on Friday, shops in the affected areas were under
lock. Contacted, spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, DSP Joe
Offor, said he would get back to Vanguard but didn't do so at press
time.