An Ilorin secret cult has suffered a huge blow as three
of its members are alleged to have been killed and 18
more arrested.
The victims who were allegedly members of the Eiye
Confraternity died after a raid of their hideout by police
officers and vigilante members while the initiation
ceremony of new members into the cult was ongoing.
According to reports, the Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Olufemi Fabode, said the initial information the
police gathered was that armed robbers were, on
Saturday night, hiding in a bush behind NASFAT village
along Airport Road in Ilorin.
Fabode said “This prompted various vigilance groups in
the communities around the place to mount
surveillance on the area particularly on all roads leading
to the bush and waited until the early hours of Sunday
when the Eiye Confraternity began the initiation.
“On noticing that security personnel had laid ambush
for them, they ran into the waiting hands of the people
who mistook them for armed robbers and opened fire
on them”.
The PPRO said in the ensued exchange of gun fires,
three of the cult members fell and they were about to
be set ablaze before intervention by the police.
He said four others also got critically injured while 18 of
them were arrested.
Fabode said some of the cult members came from
Lagos, Osun and Oyo states, promising that more of
them would be arrested soon.
He said the cult members ran into various directions
when they heard that some of their colleagues had
been arrested by the police.
The bodies of those killed were, however, deposited at
the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH)
mortuary, while those injured were taken to another
hospital for treatment.
Fabode called for useful information to the police with a
view to make the state crime-free.
He urged parents to monitor the movement of their
wards.
The police spokesman said: “Some of those arrested
have disclosed that they were yet to gain admission to
higher institutions neither did their parents know their
whereabouts. If this could happen, then they would
graduate to become kingpin of the group.”

See what joblessness and stupidity causes. Most atimes I wonder why ppl wil go and join cult, putting their lives at risk, killing members of other cult groups, robbing banks and all. These are insane. O.K, what did they gain? Nothing. This our present youths don't want to cool down and follow the life processes to get money. Everyone wants quick money, nobody wants to even be, say, an apprentice again. Naija boys abeg make we calm down develop our fatherland na.