Cultists rape woman, kill husband, three others during clash

LAGOS — Rival cultists, Tuesday night, clashed in
Somolu and Ketu areas of Lagos, leaving four
persons dead and several others injured.
In Ajelogo area of Ketu, it was gathered that
suspected members of Eiye confraternity
stormed a suspected rival's home identified
simply as Seyi in the wee hours of Monday.
He was dragged outside and clubbed to death,
after the cultists had raped his wife in front of
him and flung his nine-month old baby out of the
bed.
Vanguard gathered that three persons were
arrested by policemen from Alapere division.
The suspects said to have been transferred to the
state Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba,
were reportedly leaving the scene when they
were accosted.
Seyi's widow, who is yet to come to terms with
her husband's demise, told policemen at the
station that there had been threats on her
husband's life by the cultists, who accused him of
being an informant to another cult group, Black
Axe confraternity.
The Somolu clash
Meanwhile, in Somolu area of Lagos, Tuesday
night, what was described as a reprisal attack on the group that killed Seyi left three persons dead.
The cultists were said to have stormed Ajose
area, where they first shot one Tunde dead. The
late Tunde's assailants were said to have accused him of raping one of their member's pregnant wife during an earlier attack in Ponrele area of Abule Ijesha.
The attack said to have started at 10.30 pm was
launched at Fadipe, Popoola and Oreofe areas.
Vanguard gathered that while the cultists were
approaching a street in Bariga, their rival group
laid ambush for them. Dangerous weapons such
as cutlasses, axes and gun were said to have been freely used in the ensuing fight.
Contacted, spokesperson for the Lagos State
Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the
clash in Epe She said though there was claim that only one person died during the clash but no official report had been made to that effect. She noted that the police had not seen any corpse either.

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