Cultists hack, shot men to death in Lagos

Two people were hacked to death over the weekend after some suspected cult members clashed at the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

One of the persons killed had been identified as Ayodele Adefiwaji. While Lateef Ogunsanya was the second deceased. Ogunsanya, 34, was also shot to death. Police said that those who killed Ogunsanya wore masks.

A police source said that the deceased’s wife told investigators that the cult group had been on her husband’s trail for some time. The grieving widow told the police that she and her husband were living at Ogijo area before, but relocated to Odofunyan due to the cultists’ threat to her husband’s life.

The widow added that when the cult group came on that fateful day, they stormed into the house after breaking down the gate. They sighted Ayodele and shot him point blank and then proceeded to start hacking him with a machete.

The cult group stormed Olaleye Street and Market Street and unleashed terror on the innocent residents. Residents, who recounted tales of the incident, said that the cultists were sighted wielding dangerous weapons.

One of the residents said: “The cult group had a field day. Two persons were killed.”

 A police source at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, said: “The first victim who was hacked to death by the cult group was identified as Ayodele Adefiwaji. Ayodele was murdered at the front of his apartment at night while he was relaxing. Immediately the deceased was killed, his wife Adeola Adefiwaji went to Sagamu Road Police Station to lodge a complaint.”

The wife of Ogunsanya said that the death of her husband was not clear to her as those who shot him to death were all in masks.

She said: “When they came into our apartment, they didn’t say a word. They came straight to my husband, dragged him out the room and thereafter killed him. Before they killed him, my husband tried to escape. He was overpowered. They ordered him to kneel down and killed him. Immediately they killed him, they left without taking anything from our home.”

 When the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Kenneth Nwosu was contacted, he did not respond to calls and text message sent to him to confirm the incident.