Barely 48 hours after the Lagos State government passed the Anti-cultism bill (2021) into law, cultists were on the rampage at the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos on Wednesday with several businesses burnt and looted by hoodlums.
The incident, which happened in front of the Ikosi-Isheri Local Government Council Area, left many businesses at the mercy of the cultists.
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Broken bottles and burnt tyres littered the entire streets as two tricycles were also burnt in the violence.
Control TV gathered that the clash started around 9 a.m. on Wednesday but became heated around 1 p.m. with the cultists shooting sporadically, breaking bottles and wielding dangerous weapons.
“They were many, they came from Jakande for market, they were about 150 of them. At first, the boys in the street tried to scare them away but when they saw the number of cultists approaching, they also moved back,” a witness said.
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Ahmed Olalekan, a shop owner whose shoe shop was looted, said the violence was between the Eiye and Aiye cult groups.
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Reacting to the crisis that occurred at Ikosi-Ketu, the Lagos Police Command said 15 suspects with weapons were arrested and the police have restored normalcy to the area.
According to a statement by Muyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesperson, the clash occurred between the Eiye, Aiye and Buccaneer cult groups.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the crisis was connected to the revenue generation at the Ketu fruits market,” Mr Adejobi said.
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