The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of the Klansman Confraternity for shooting a member a rival group (Eiye Confraternity), identified as Akinola Ayegbusi, to death at a restaurant in the Alapere area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 23, Punch News reports.
The three suspects were identified as Jamiu Rasheed, Emmanuel Samson, and Sheriff Module.
“Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Jamiu Rasheed, aged 22, who was captured on CCTV on July 7, 2022, hacking and shooting to death, one Akinola Ayegbusi, a rival cult member at a restaurant in the Alapere area of Lagos State,” the statement reads.
“Investigations revealed that Jamiu has been a member of Klansman Confraternity since 2017 and has participated in the killing of two other rival cultists. Investigation into the crime also led to the arrest of the armourer of the group, one Sheriff Module, aged 26, who was found with two locally-made pistols; and one other cultist, Emmanuel Samson.
“Sheriff who was also part of the killing confessed that it was carried out to avenge the death of their leader who was killed by the Eiye Confraternity on November 23, 2021. Efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing cultists.
“Suspects will be arraigned at the conclusion of investigations.”
“The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, also callled on parents and guardians, as well as traditional, religious, and political leaders to prevail on their children and wards, and the teeming youth population to stay away from cultism and other social vices,” Hundeyin added.
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