Cultists snap man’s neck for asking lady for a dance

Two members of a gang of suspected cultists have been arrested for snapping a man’s neck and dumping his body inside a swimming pool after he asked one of their girlfriends for a dance.

The deceased, Adeleke Awosiga was killed by the gang members at the Isheri area of Lagos State on June 13, 2015 around 4pm, during a birthday party. The cultists dumped his corpse inside a swimming pool after snapping his neck.

An eye witness said: “Trouble started after Adeleke approached the celebrant’s girlfriend, Rashida Oponmiga and requested to have a dance with her. The lady however declined. This apparently annoyed the cult members who had been urging him to join and had tagged him an enemy after he refused. One of the cult members, Iyanu Liasu slapped Adeleke for asking Rashida for a dance. This led to fighting between Liasu and Adeleke.”

The lady in question is the girlfriend of the celebrant, Anu Olokodana, popularly known as ‘T-Fire.’

When the uproar was getting too noisy, the hotel management ordered everyone out of its vicinity.

When Adeleke was sent out of the hotel along with his friends, they moved towards the swimming pool area. This was where Adeleke was killed and body dumped inside the pool.

The deceased’s father, Mr. Adeyemi Awosiga, said: “I was told that the celebrants and the cult members pounced on my son and held him while one Liasu twisted his neck. They later pushed him into the hotel swimming pool. They fled.”

The matter was later reported at the Isheri Police Division. The police recovered his body and deposited it at Military Hospital Mortuary, Yaba.

Since the murder of Adeleke, Liasu and Rashida have been on the run. Two of the gang members were said to have been arrested.

The mother of the deceased, Mrs. Ololade Awosiga said: “I want the killers of my son to be brought to book! I never knew his friends were cult members.”

When the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Kenneth Nwosu, he confirmed the incident, adding that the two suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID).