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January 15, 2024

Residents decry rate of cultist activities in Ijegun Egba

Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos

By Esther Onyegbula

LAGOS—THE Ibassa Ijegun Egba Youth Association, yesterday, decried the increasing rate of cultist activities in their community located in the Oriade Local Council Development Area, Lagos.

The Chairman of the Association, Mr Kareem Idowu, said residents can no longer sleep in their houses or walk around the community freely anymore.

He urged the Lagos State Government, the Inspector-General of Police and other relevant agencies to curb the activities of the cultists in their community.

Mr Idowu said: “Residents and indigenes of our community are finding it difficult to walk freely; business merchants cannot go about their businesses any longer.

“Our children can no longer go to school and all the activities of the community have been placed on hold due to the criminal activities of these notorious cult members that have taken over our peaceful community.

“Their notorious action does not only affect the community mentally, but it has also affected our community psychologically and economically. These cult members are not indigenes, of our community.

“They now brutalize and intimidate innocent members of the community with guns, cutlasses, axes, and other dangerous weapons.”