The cult war between members of the Eiye Confraternity and Black Axe in Bariga and Somolu areas of Lagos State was reignited on Monday, after two youths identified as Wale Rewire and Moliki Ibadan, were stabbed to death.
Two other occupants of the dilapidated house
where they were killed, Michael Edem and Samuel Umeh, were also stabbed and
shot but survived after policemen attached to Bariga Division came to their
rescue.
It was learnt that the killing was a reprisal for
the murder of another cult member, Isiaka Oyefeso, who was allegedly killed by
members of the Black Axe last Tuesday on Okesuna Street, Somolu.
According to reports, the assailants were about
30 in in number, all wearing black shirts.
A resident in that area said, “one of the
occupants of the room came out at midnight to make a telephone call and then
left. A few minutes later, about 30 hoodlums wielding knives, cutlasses, guns
and broken bottles stormed the room and descended on the occupants.
“It is believed that the fifth occupant of the
room was the one that gave information to the cult members.”
A police source said that the incident occurred
about 4am, adding that they got a distress call at about 3am that hoodlums were
operating but could not locate the exact house on time. When they got there two
persons were already dead but they rescued two of the victims and took them to
a hospital.
It was learnt that the fifth occupant of the
room, who was said to have tipped off the cultists, had been arrested.
A senior police officer attached to Bariga
Division, said that the assailants were from Johnson, Somolu and he identified
the prime suspect as Elewure, a suspected cultist, who is on the police wanted
list for murder and robbery.
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