A clash between two rival cult groups at Aleke community in Ikorodu Lagos has resulted in the death of a pregnant woman.
The woman, Risikat Saliman, 35, was killed when Eiye and Aiye confraternity invaded the community’s market at 8 p.m. on Thursday, shooting indiscriminately, according to the Punch.
“I don’t know why they are terrorizing our people. We want Lagos State Government to intervene so that we can collectively curb the menace to enable my people to sleep with their two eyes closed,” the Baale of Aleke, Chief Adeniyi Okemati said.
Babatunde Saliman, the brother of the deceased said: “I met her at the market lying in a pool of blood; some of her friends who came to the scene confirmed that she was pregnant.
“Her corpse has been released by the police and was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary in preparation to transport her to her home town in Kwara State.”
He demanded that the perpetrators of the act should be brought to justice.
The spokesperson of the police in Lagos, Muyiwa Adejobi said Risikat Saliman was killed by a stray bullet and the case had been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos.
“The woman was killed by a stray bullet when the two rival cults of Eiye and Aiye engaged each other in a supremacy battle.
“The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has zero tolerance for cultism. Cultism breeds various other crimes wherever they existed,” Adejobi stated.
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