Taiwo Jimoh
A 14-year-old girl, arrested for cultism, has told police that she joined cultism out of love for her boyfriend.
The girl said that her boyfriend belonged to Eiye confraternity. When she became a member, she was made a spy for the group.
She said: “When we started dating, I didn’t know he was into cultism. It was after a while that I discovered. And because of the love I have for him, I joined cultism. Since I joined, I have not gone home. I stay with my boyfriend in his parents’ house. After the group had studied me for long, I was converted to be spying for them. My work is to lookout for policemen and other security agents. I also cook for them.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, said: “Tackling cultism in the state requires a holistic approach. We’re adopting community policing approach. We would also embark on sensitization programmes in collaboration with Police Community Relations Committee and other stakeholders in schools, neighborhoods and media. We will equally establish Police Students Relations Committee, comprising all the Students Union Presidents and other students’ leaders.”
The CP added: “We have observed the activities of these cult groups and gangs for the last one month, and credible intelligence has been gathered. We have reviewed our strategies to totally eradicate the menace. We have also rejigged our Anti-Cultism Unit to effectively combat the miscreants, who have chosen the wrong path of life. We would fish them out, isolate and bring them to justice. We are battle ready to uproot every cultist’s den and hideouts’ until they are totally defeated.”
First Published 2019
